{"product_id":"the-complete-stories-9780805210552","title":"The Complete Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis and The Trial.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together all of Kafka's stories, from the classic tales such as \"The Metamorphosis,\" \"In the Penal Colony,\" and \"A Hunger Artist\" to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka's literary executor, released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Kafka] spoke for millions in their new unease; a century after his birth, he seems the last holy writer, and the supreme fabulist of modern man's cosmic predicament.\" --from the Foreword by John Updike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franz Kafka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Schocken Kafka Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805210552","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44150951575597,"sku":"9780805210552","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_9c4a3424-efe8-42d2-a74e-9aa3a07b7c81.jpg?v=1757340218","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-complete-stories-9780805210552","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}