Description

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Kafka's stories are nightmarish tales in which a helpless central character's every move is controlled by heartless, impersonal forces.

This authorized edition of DIE VERWANDLUNG by Franz Kafka was originally published by Schocken Books Inc. in Volume I of the Gesammelte Wenke “Erzählungen und Kleine Prosa”, Berlin, 1935; New York, 1946. It appears here with the publisher’s permission. This edition is in German with editorial matter in English.

About the Author

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Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His major novels include The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika.