Franz Kafka
1) The trial
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"A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his...
3) The castle
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Kafka's last novel, The Castle is set in a remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial, sexually predatory bureaucrats. The novel breaks new ground in exploring the relation between the individual and power, asking why the villagers so readily submit to an authority which may exist only in their collective imagination. Published only after Kafka's death, The Castle appeared in the same decade...
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Durante el otoño de 1912, en Praga, escribió Franz Kafka (1883-1924) La metamorfosis, la peripecia subterránea y literal de Gregor Samsa, un viajante de comercio que al despertarse una mañana "de un sueño lleno de pesadillas se encontró en su cama convertido en un bicho enorme". En pocos libros de Kafka queda tan explícito y tan nítido su mundo como en La metamorfosis, en la que el protagonista, convertido en bestia, sumido en la más absoluta...
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Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover!
In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to fade, he pushed the boundaries...
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"A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature-featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka's acclaimed biographer. In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zürau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them. Among the most mysterious of Kafka's writings, they explore philosophical questions about truth, good and evil, and the spiritual and sensory world. This is...
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Ein Reisender kommt auf eine ferne Insel in den Tropen: die Strafkolonie. Dort soll er einer Hinrichtung beiwohnen. Im Gespräch mit dem Kommandanten äußert der seltsam unbeteiligt wirkende Reisende jedoch Bedenken, und die Rollen werden neu verteilt ... Franz Kafkas beklemmendes Meisterwerk und einer der einflussreichsten Texte der literarischen Moderne.
9) Das Urteil
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Der junge Kaufmann Georg Bendemann sitzt über einem Brief an seinen Freund in Russland. Darin berichtet er ihm über seine Verlobung - lange hatte er diese Nachricht verschwiegen.
Dann besucht er seinen alten Vater, berichtet ihm von dem Brief. Der Vater reagiert mit Vorwürfen: Georgs Verhältnis mit seiner Verlobten Frieda sei ein Verrat an dem Freund, an der toten Mutter und an ihm, dem Vater. Schließlich "verurteilt" der Vater Georg zum Tod...
10) Cuentos de Kafka
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Una genial recopilación de novelas cortas de Frank Kafka. Incluye las obras completas de: La Condena, El artista del hambre, Ser Infeliz y El Fogonero
11) Die Verwandlung
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"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt." So beginnt Kafkas wohl bekannteste Geschichte. Das Ungeheuerliche wird detailliert und sachlich, fast im Stile eines nüchternen Tatsachenberichts geschrieben.
Die emotional regungslose Art der Erzählung und die Unfassbarkeit des Inhalts des Erzählten bilden einen scharfen Kontrast, welcher dem Unmöglichen die...
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"Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in Literature, Language, and Linguistics, Association of American Publishers" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009" Stanley Corngold is professor of German and comparative literature at Princeton University. Jack Greenberg is the Alphonse Fletcher Professor of Law at Columbia University. Benno Wagner is a professor in the Department of Literature, Media, and Culture at the University of...
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Franz Kafka es considerado uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX. Asociado al expresionismo y existencialismo, sus creaciones literarias lograron abarcar temas tan complejos como la condición del hombre contemporáneo, la angustia, la culpa, la burocracia, la frustración o la soledad, entre otros. En este volumen de Kafka Esencial , el lector dispone de dos importantes obras para comprender mejor el talento y la vida de este extraordinario...
14) The Judgement
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"The Judgment" ("Das Urteil") is a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1912, concerning the relationship between a man and his father.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Students of German language and literature will welcome this collection of 5 stories by one of the greatest modern writers. Included are "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an Academy." Original German texts accompanied by new, literal English translations on facing pages.
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Der 1914/15 entstandene und schon 1925, im Jahr nach Kafkas Tod, veröffentlichte "Proceß" zählt zu den bedeutendsten Romanen des 20. Jahrhunderts. 1990 erschien der Roman erstmals in der Fassung der Handschrift, in der er jetzt auch in diesem E-Book vorgelegt wird.
E-Book mit Seitenzählung der gedruckten Ausgabe in Reclams Universal-Bibliothek: Buch und E-Book können parallel benutzt werden.
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Selección de cuentos que Franz Kafka escribió en diferentes etapas. Una propuesta de lectura sería: hay que llegar a esta obra sin prejuicios, zambullirse en ese mundo con la mayor inocencia, aceptar que se trata de un universo singular, distinto, con reglas propias; un ámbito paralelo donde lo más ilógico tiene lógica, donde lo onírico se mezcla con lo real, lo fantástico con lo cotidiano; todo dentro de un orden preciso.
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In the end, out of nothing at all, an enormous fabric of guilt will be conjured up.
One morning Josef K. is arrested for a crime he did not commit. In fact, he is never even told the nature of the offense. His life is thrown into turmoil as he becomes enmeshed in a struggle to prove his innocence. As the confounding case unfolds, K. is ultimately powerless - battling against a remote and uncaring bureaucracy.
This edition features a new translation...
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Las Investigaciones de un perro carecen de esa tristeza y oscuridad tan distintivas de la obra de Kafka. La narración es, más bien, el documento de una crisis personal y artística. En la primavera de 1922, Kafka le cuenta a su amigo Robert Klopstock en una carta que para "salvarse de lo que se conoce como nervios" había vuelto a escribir. Unos meses después, tuvo que dejar de trabajar debido al estado de su salud. La actividad artística, uno...
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Wedding Preparations in the Country is a fragmented narrative by Franz Kafka, written between 1907 and 1909 and published posthumously. The story itself, namely the journey of the unhappy bridegroom Raban to his bride out in the country, is embedded in a meticulous description of his surroundings.
This narrative was intended to be part of a novel. However, Kafka abandoned the project after multiple attempts.