{"product_id":"9780684800707","title":"The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony and Other Stories : The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony and Other Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Franz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluding his most widely recognized short works, as well as two new stories, this translation of Franz Kafka’s writings illuminate one of the century’s most controversial writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by PEN translation award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e has garnered critical acclaim and is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNeugroschel’s translation of Kafka's work has made this controversial and monumental writing accessible to a whole new generation. This classic collection of forty-one great short works—including such timeless pieces of modern fiction as \"The Judgment\" and \"The Stoker\"—now includes two new stories, \"First Sorrow\" and \"The Hunger Artist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eHarold Bloom author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e Joachim Neugroschel's version is an advance over previous translations of Kafka into English.\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Coates \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e In Neugroschel's version we see more of Kafka's meaning, his unexpected comedy....In this version, we have for the first time the sense of understanding Kafka's complexity and where it might lead us.\u003cbr\u003eRonald Hayman author of \u003ci\u003eK: A Biography of Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProust\u003c\/i\u003e Joachim Neugroschel has provided something that was badly needed -- an accurate translation of Kafka's stories into English. Kafka is difficult to translate, and the version we all know -- by Edwin and Willa Muir -- is full of mistakes. Neugroschel's translation is much closer to Kafka's German.\u003cbr\u003eVáclav Havel In Kafka, I have found a portion of my own experience of the world, of myself, and of my way of being in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684800707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40978702303438,"sku":"9780684800707","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_6b9838af-71f9-479c-b889-d7059fa3ec3e.jpg?v=1646692101","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684800707","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}