{"product_id":"the-metamorphosis-other-stories","title":"The Metamorphosis \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Franz Kafka\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Willa and Edwin Muir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Kafka engaged in no technical experiments whatsoever; without in any way changing the German language, he stripped it of its involved constructions until it became clear and simple, like everyday speech purified of slang and negligence. The common experience of Kafka’s readers is one of general and vague fascination, even in stories they fail to understand, a precise recollection of strange and seemingly absurd images and descriptions—until one day the hidden meaning reveals itself to them with the sudden evidence of a truth simple and incontestable.” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Hannah Arendt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together the stories that Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime. To Max Brod, his literary executor, he wrote: \"Of all my writings the only books that can stand are these.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e315 pages\u003cbr\u003eThe Schocken Kafka Library, 1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/em\u003e was o\u003cspan\u003eriginally published in 1915\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780805210576\u003cbr\u003eShort Stories\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42598972944,"sku":"9780805210576","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/The-Metamorphosis-and-Other-Stories_Franz-Kafka_The-Schocken-Kafka-Library.jpg?v=1593191061","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-metamorphosis-other-stories","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}