The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories (The Schocken Kafka Library)

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Franz Kafka at his best.

This book is a very easy read wile the stories will still dig deep into your mind

Contained in this short-story collection are many tales of bizarre, absurd, and tragic events. Kafka was certainly a good writer, but he has a very unique style that not everyone is going to like. Much of this writing is done with long, rambling description that are so detailed and so depressing that if you have my sense of humor, they become funny. For those anime fans reading this, it's a lot like the Monogatari series. I seriously can't tell if you'll like these stories or not, but I did.

Brod got a good bit of it wrong. The Trial was of course well worth saving from the fire, but that and this collection of stories would have well set a legacy unto themselves. Though I think the Muirs translation is rather clunky, the stories themselves are just magnificent. I hadn't actually read The Metamorphosis since grad school, and even now being able to look behind the curtain a bit is of no problem and only lends further depth to my awe. My absolute fav remains In the Penal Colony--a story as biting now in its handling of tradition and its adherents as any. Kafka is a name for a reason, and not because Brod saved a lot of fragments from the flame. This collection is more than most writers could ever hope to accomplish.

I like Franz Kafka and this was a decent quality book that had some of his stories ig

Existentialism abounds in this collection of all the works Kafka published in his lifetime. This is an indispensable book for anybody interested in Kafka, but it does take a fair amount of reflection to grasp what message Kafka is communicating. Many of his short stories are collections of more short stories—some as short as a paragraph. Although at times seemingly disjointed, the common thread of what it means to exist and how it is we find our own meaning in life brings the stories together in a haunting way.

Great book. Seller did excellent job describing, packaging, and fast shipping.

This is not a review of the book but I would like to point out that the Kindle wdition I've bought is not a translation of Joachim Neugroschel, rather the same old Willa and Edwin Muir. This is utterly misleading. I have bought the book just because I have seen so much praise for the translation of Joachim Neugroschel. Giving 1 star.

if you think you will get a properly cut one then no, you won’t. everybody gets that ugly cut book and guess what- paper quality isn’t even that bad and the book is overall fine but these unevenly cut pages Aaaa

Très bien

llego con defectos en la pprtada, pero llego rapido

Printing and binding were excellent on my copy.