Metamorphosis and other stories: (penguin classics deluxe edition) - franz kafka

For the 125th anniversary of Kafkas birth comes an astonishing new translation of his best-known stories, in a spectacular graphic package.

A brilliant new translation of Kafkas best-known work, published for the 125th anniversary of his birth This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafkas works that he thought worthy of publication.

It includes Metamorphosis , his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation , a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement , written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker , the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, The Aeroplanes at Brescia , Kafkas eyewitness account of an air display in 1909.

Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafkas literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.