Shorter Works: Volume I
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A landmark collection of short fiction and prose, Shorter Works: Volume I gathers some of Franz Kafka's most haunting and philosophically rich early writings, presenting the full breadth of his singular literary vision in concentrated form. The volume chronicles a world of alienation, bureaucratic absurdity, and existential dread, where ordinary individuals find themselves trapped in circumstances that defy logic yet feel disturbingly inevitable. Kafka's prose instructs readers in a new way of seeing — one where the mundane and the nightmarish are indistinguishable — through parables, sketches, and short narratives that carry the weight of profound moral and psychological inquiry. With a tone that is simultaneously detached and deeply unsettling, the collection illustrates why Kafka remains one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his spare, precise language concealing layers of meaning that reward repeated reading. Essential for students of modernist literature and general readers alike, this volume stands as an indispensable entry point into the labyrinthine imagination of one of literature's true originals.
Author: Franz Kafka
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Secker & Warburg
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A landmark collection of short fiction and prose, Shorter Works: Volume I gathers some of Franz Kafka's most haunting and philosophically rich early writings, presenting the full breadth of his singular literary vision in concentrated form. The volume chronicles a world of alienation, bureaucratic absurdity, and existential dread, where ordinary individuals find themselves trapped in circumstances that defy logic yet feel disturbingly inevitable. Kafka's prose instructs readers in a new way of seeing — one where the mundane and the nightmarish are indistinguishable — through parables, sketches, and short narratives that carry the weight of profound moral and psychological inquiry. With a tone that is simultaneously detached and deeply unsettling, the collection illustrates why Kafka remains one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his spare, precise language concealing layers of meaning that reward repeated reading. Essential for students of modernist literature and general readers alike, this volume stands as an indispensable entry point into the labyrinthine imagination of one of literature's true originals.