The Metamorphosis is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often, cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a travelling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect. "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous...

"The story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph K. in Franz Kafka's The Trial is one of the twentieth century's master parables, reflecting the central spiritual crises of modern life. Kafka's method-one that has influenced, in some way, almost every writer of substance who followed him-was to render the absurd and the terrifying convincing by a scrupulous, hyperreal matter-of-factness of tone and treatment. He thereby...

In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to fade, he pushed the boundaries even further. In this short story about one man's plight to prove his worth,...

Eines Morgens erwacht Gregor Samsa aus tiefem Schlaf - und muss feststellen, dass er sich in einen riesigen Käfer verwandelt hat. Seine Familie versucht, die unglaubliche Verwandlung des Sohnes zu verheimlichen und stößt im Zusammenleben mit dem riesenhaften Ungeziefer an ihre Grenzen. Gelesen von Ulrich Matthes!

A Brilliant new translation of the great writer's least Kafkaesque novel, based on a German-language text that was produced by a team of international scholars and that is more faithful to Kafka's original manuscript than anything we have had before. With the same expert balance of precision and nuance that marked his translation of Kafka's The Castle, the award-winning translator Mark Harman now restores the humor and particularity of language to...

"Betrachtung" ist ein Sammelband mit 18 meist kurzen Prosatexten von Franz Kafka, der Ende 1912 erschienen ist. Es war Kafkas erstes veröffentlichtes Buch und wurde - mit der Jahreszahl "1913" - im damals jungen Rowohlt-Verlag verlegt. Der kleine Sammelband trägt die Widmung Kafkas "Für M. B.", also für den Freund Max Brod. Bereits 1908 waren acht der Prosastücke mit dem Obertitel "Betrachtung" in der Zeitschrift "Hyperion", herausgegeben von...

The Judgment : A Story for Felice B. is a story of Franz Kafka, published in the year 1912 (in the night from 22 to 23 September) and published in the following year.

A new translation brings to life some of Kafkas most fantastical and visionary short stories that are populated by animals, strange beasts, bureaucrats, business and nightmares.

Esta gran obra de Franz Fafka narra la pavorosa transformación del comerciante Gregorio Samsa en horrendo insecto, algo que impide trabajar y lleva a la ruina financiera a su familia En un ambiente de pesadilla, la novela transmite al lector la sensación de excentricidad y de extrañamiento que asalta al protagonista, quien poco a poco va tomando conciencia de que se ha convertido en un parásito con respecto a sus seres más queridos. Un audiolibro...