The Metamorphosis In The Penal Colony And Other Stori
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The Metamorphosis in the Penal Colony and Other Stori
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781439144596 |
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Including 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. Translated by PEN translation award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories has garnered critical acclaim and is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. Neugroschel’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."
The Metamorphosis
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : Random House Digital, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1995-11-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : UOM:39015061026236 |
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Collection of the best know novellas and stories of one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century.
In The Penal Colony
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : Memorable Classics Books |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 2023-08-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. Synopsis: The story focuses on the Traveler, who has just arrived in an island penal colony and is encountering its brutal execution machine for the first time. Everything about the functioning of the intricate machine and its purpose and history is told to him by the Officer. The Soldier and the Condemned, who is unaware that he has been sentenced to die for failing to get up and salute his superior's door each hour during his night watch, placidly watch from nearby. Under the judicial process associated with the machine, the accused is always assumed to be guilty and is not given a chance to defend himself. As punishment, the law the man has broken is inscribed progressively deeper on his body over a period of 12 hours as he slowly dies from his wounds. During their final six hours in the machine, the accused become still and appear to experience a religious epiphany. The machine was designed by the colony's previous Commandant, of whom the Officer is a devoted supporter. He carries its blueprints with him and is the only person who can decipher them, not allowing anyone else to handle them. Eventually, it becomes clear that the machine has fallen out of favor since the death of the previous Commandant and the appointment of a successor. The Officer is nostalgic regarding the torture device and the values that were initially associated with it, recalling the crowds that used to attend each execution. Now, he is the last outspoken proponent of the machine, but he strongly believes in its form of justice and the infallibility of the previous Commandant.
The Metamorphosis a Hunger Artist in the Penal Colony and Other Stories
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Literature, English |
ISBN | : 1935238825 |
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"This collection brings together some of Kafka's best known shorter fiction in a new translation by Ian Johnston."--WorldCat.
Metamorphosis and The Trial Collins Classics
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2015-05-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780008110574 |
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The Metamorphosis In the Penal Colony 2 contemporary translations by Ian Johnston
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2013-11-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9788074849657 |
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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Metamorphosis + In the Penal Colony (2 contemporary translations by Ian Johnston)” contains 2 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become. "In the Penal Colony" is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. In the Penal Colony describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds, the reader learns more and more about the machine, including its origin and original justification. Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism. Most of his works, such as The Metamorphosis, The Trial, and The Castle, are filled with the themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, parent–child conflict, characters on a terrifying quest, labyrinths of bureaucracy, and mystical transformations.
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2009-07-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780199238552 |
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For the 125th anniversary of Kafka's birth comes an astonishing new translation of his best-known stories, in a spectacular graphic package.
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author | : Franz Kafka |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2008-10-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780141900025 |
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This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he himself thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, and The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.