The Metamorphosis and Other Stories |
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Author:
| Kafka, Franz |
Translator:
| Johnston, Ian |
General Editor:
| Black, Joseph Conolly, Leonard Flint, Kate Grundy, Isobel LePan, Don Liuzza, Roy McGann, Jerome J. Prescott, Anne Lake Qualls, Barry V. Waters, Claire |
Series title: | Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-55481-224-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
Publisher: | Broadview Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.50 |
Book Description:
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A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Such are the nightmare scenarios that emerge in the short stories of Franz Kafka. This volume presents The Metamorphosis in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston.
A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Such are the nightmare scenarios that emerge in the short stories of Franz Kafka. This volume presents The Metamorphosis in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston.