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'Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man' W. H. Auden The complete short stories of the 20th century's greatest visionary 'Kafka is important...

An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to...

The essential translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to 1923,...

A collection of Kafka's greatest stories, including his famous tale of alienation, now in Penguin Black Classics This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The classic translation of Kafka's great work of psychological horror 'It is not necessary to accept everything as true,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minor wear on edges. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing to page edges. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann...

'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure...

Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the...

The complete novels of one of the greatest German writers of all time, collected together in one edition The complete novels of one of the greatest German writers of all...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers have left as indelible and enigmatic a mark on world literature as Franz Kafka, and Ronald Hayman's Kafka: A Biography...

This collection brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation;...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 Kafka first made the aquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech, and...

'Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this first sentence onwards, Josef K. is on trial...

Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of...

This gripping biography of the great Czech novelist, diarist and short story writer chronicles Kafka's entire (if tragically curtailed) life (1883-1924), but it focuses upon the writer's relationship to his...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror, with a new introduction and notes by Carolin Duttlinger A terrifying psychological trip into the...

The classic translation of Kafka's great work of psychological horror 'It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary' Rediscover Kafka's classic work...

The book titled Nightmare of Reason: Life of Franz Kafka by the author Ernst Pawel. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Franz KafkaBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Vintage, 2024Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFranz Kafka's The Castle...

'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure...

On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must...

Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark collection of short fiction and prose, Shorter Works: Volume I gathers some of Franz Kafka's most haunting...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books The whole town got involved with the hunger-artist; from day to day of his starving, people's participation grew; everyone wanted to...

Author: Karolina Watroba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Trial is the terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend...

'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century' Elias Canetti 'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during...

A superb translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening, strange and visionary short fiction After Franz Kafka's death, in perhaps the most important of all acts of...

This gripping biography of the great Czech novelist, diarist and short story writer chronicles Kafka's entire (if tragically curtailed) life (1883-1924), but it focuses upon the writer's relationship to his...

Author: Franz Kafka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 This is the story of K., his arrival in a village where he is never accepted, and his ensuing relentless struggle...

Kafka's last great, unfinished novel - the book that hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who...

A PMC reissue of this collection of Kafka's greatest short fiction, translated by Michael Hofmann A reissue of the Penguin Modern Classics edition, this collection of new translations brings together...

Nine of Franz Kafka's most memorable tales are here given fresh life with dazzling graphic renderings by the brother-and sister manga creators Nishioka Kyodai.With their distinctive, surreal style of illustration,...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short works by the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith One morning, ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up to...

Franz Kafka not only wrote prose, he was also passionate about drawing: at one time, he even said it satisfied him more than anything else. In this graphic biography, acclaimed...

A lyrical translation of Kafka's first novel - a menacing allegory of modern life Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with...

Kafka's last great, unfinished novel - the book that hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare. With a new introduction and notes by John Zilcosky The Castle is...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year "It's an extremely handsome, well-designed book, and you couldn't ask for a better introduction to Kafka...If you've never read Kafka before or if...

A compelling examination of Kafka's life and a rare insight into his art, new to Penguin Modern Classics In July 1914, Franz Kafka's fiancee Felice broke off their engagement in...

Franz Kafka's diaries and letters suggest that his fascination with America grew out of a desire to break away from his native Prague, even if only in his imagination. Kafka...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in literary history are as haunting as...