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The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
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The Complete Stories

by Franz Kafka

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The more famous stories (Metamorphosis and The Penal Colony, for example) are good; but most of the stuff in the book is unreadable drivel. Many 'stories' are diary-entry type snippets or parables that in no way constitute complete writing and should never have been published, except in an academic context. Other stories are vapid walls of text, which Kafka correctly desired would remain unpublished.

I'm tempted to say that Kafka is a unique writer, in the sense that what others have made of his work is more substantial and interesting than the work itself. ( )
1 vote jackkane | Dec 6, 2009 |
A little Kafka goes a long way. I put this book down, actually returned it to the library, without finishing it. In addition to his "classics" there are many short stories, almost notes, some only a page long. This edition has a good introduction and a chronology as well as the requisite bibliography. It's a book I'd like to have on my bookshelf for when I feel the need for a "Kafka moment." ( )
  edecklund | Jul 15, 2009 |
A little Kafka goes a long way. I put this book down, actually returned it to the library, without finishing it. In addition to his "classics" there are many short stories, almost notes, some only a page long. This edition has a good introduction and a chronology as well as the requisite bibliography. It's a book I'd like to have on my bookshelf for when I feel the need for a "Kafka moment." ( )
  dw0rd | Jul 15, 2009 |
Wonderfully surreal, you never know what's around the page. Highlights include the Description of a Struggle, The Metamorphosis, A Report to an Academy and Excursion into the Mountains. ( )
  hmmm_tea | Jul 8, 2009 |
Essential.
  daniilkharmsarms | Jun 6, 2009 |
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0805210555, Paperback)

How many writers get their own adjective? The work of this terminally alienated master narrator of the subconscious demanded a new descriptor; I guess they gave up and just settled on "Kafkaesque." But if you ever wonder what the original Kafkaesque work was, take a look here. The book contains all of Kafka's short and longer stories -- everything but his three novels. Most of these stories weren't even published during the author's lifetime. The widely-anthologized The Metamorphosis is here, wherein Gregor Samsa awakes from uneasy dreams to find himself insectoidally transformed, as are equally lovely pieces like A Hunger Artist, A Country Doctor and A Little Woman.

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