{"product_id":"metamorphosis-and-other-stories","title":"Metamorphosis and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Franz Kafka\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Michael Hofmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable.” —Michael Hofmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all his fame, Franz Kafka published only a small number of stories in his lifetime. This new translation of those stories, by Michael Hofmann, one of the most respected German-to-English translators at work today, makes Kafka's best-known works available to a new generation of readers. \u003cem\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/em\u003e gives full expression to the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary depth of his imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFranz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including \"The Metamorphosis\", \"The Judgment\", and \"The Stoker\". He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 2008\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1915\u003cbr\u003e5.7 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780143105244\u003cbr\u003eShort Stories, Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":332060335,"sku":"9780143105244","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Kafka_Metamorphosis.jpg?v=1634591354","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/metamorphosis-and-other-stories","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}