By Franz Kafka

On Sale: Mar 4, 2025
Page Count: 224 pages
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13: 9781454959021

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Franz Kafka’s bizarrely comedic meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation expressed through the story of a man who is transformed overnight into a giant beetle, now repackaged with a beautifully designed jacket by noted illustrator Malika Favre.

Only yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on fiercely by his ungrateful family. This morning, Gregor awakens to discover that, overnight, he has been transformed into a monstrous insect. First published in 1915, Kafka’s best-known tale has inspired numerous interpretations for more than a century and helped to establish the term “Kafkaesque” as a reference to a bizarre and nightmarish experience. This collection of his short fiction, in a new translation, includes more than thirty of his short stories and sketches, including “In the Penal Colony,” “The Stoker,” “The Judgment,” “A Country Doctor,” “A Hunger Artist,” and more.

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About the Author

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was a German-speaking Czech Jewish novelist known for existential, surrealist works that reckon with themes such as bureaucracy and alienation. Some of his most well-known works included The Metamorphosis and The Trial.

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