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Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was a German-language writer of visionary fiction whose works—especially the novel Der Prozess (1925; The Trial) and the story Die Verwandlung (1915; The Metamorphosis)—express the anxieties and alienation felt by many in twentieth-century Europe and North America. The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka a.b.e- book v3.0 Notes at the end Back Cover "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." -- New York Times "The Complete Stories is an encyclopedia of our insecurities and our brave attempts to oppose them." -- Anatole Broyard Franz Kafka wrote ... About the Book Enter the enigmatic world of Franz Kafka with this masterfully curated collection. Selected Works of Kafka unveil a realm where the ordinary turns extraordinary, and reality dissolves into surreal introspection. About the Author An icon of twentieth-century literature, Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883, into a middle-class, German family in Prague. Never famous in his own lifetime, most of Kafka 's works were published and translated only during the 1920s and 1930s and almost instantly, they became cult texts of modern literature.