The Metamorphosis officiel and Other Stories (Broadview Anthology of British Literature

Product Name: The Metamorphosis officiel and Other Stories (Broadview Anthology of British Literature
EAN：9781554812240 UPC：9781554812240 ISBN：9781554812240 officiel MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 170 pages
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, one of the twentieth centurys most formative, mystifying literary figures. Though immediate in their impact, Kafkas stories invite endless angles of interpretation, from Freudian psychology and existentialist philosophy to animal studies.

This volume presents "The Metamorphosis"-together with several other of Kafkas best and best-known stories-in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston. The appendices provide philosophical, literary, and cultural context, as well as valuable selections from Kafkas own letters and drawings..