Franz kafka

 A work of powerful and prophetic-symbolism,it remains one of the most influential and widely interpreted fictions of the twentieth century.Traslated by Douglas Scott and Chris Waller.this ed 1988(first pub 1925) Paperback in good condition-owners inscription.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are less than a page long, others more substantial; all were unpublished in his lifetime. These matchless short works range from the gleeful miniature horror 'Little Fable' to the off-kilter humour of 'Investigations of a Dog', and from the elaborate waking nightmare of 'Building the Great Wall of China' to the creeping unease of 'The Burrow', where a nameless creature's labyrinthine hiding place turns into a trap of fear and paranoia. Features Summary A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka... Author Franz Kafka (Author), Michael Hofmann (Translator) Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20170126 Pages 240 ISBN 0-14-139560-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-139560-9

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 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 landlady and a young woman who lives next door - becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral. Features Summary 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... Author Franz Kafka Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20150701 Pages 181 ISBN 0-241-19779-1 ISBN 13 978-0-241-19779-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Franz Kafka (Author), Michael Hofmann (Translator) Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation Release date 20170522 Pages 244 ISBN 0-8112-2689-1 ISBN 13 978-0-8112-2689-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days 'Europe in Autumn' is a thriller of espionage and the future which reads like the love child of John le Carre and Franz Kafka. Rudi is a cook in a Krakow restaurant, but when his boss asks Rudi to help a cousin escape from the country he s trapped in, a new career - part spy, part people-smuggler - begins. Following multiple economic crises and a devastating flu pandemic, Europe has fractured into countless tiny nations, duchies, polities and republics. Recruited by the shadowy organisation "Les Coureurs des Bois," Rudi is schooled in espionage, but when a training mission to The Line, a sovereign nation consisting of a trans-Europe railway line, goes wrong, he is arrested, beaten and Coureur Central must attempt a rescue. With so many nations to work in, and identities to assume, Rudi is kept busy travelling across Europe. But when he is sent to smuggle someone out of Berlin and finds a severed head inside a locker instead, a conspiracy begins to wind itself around him. With kidnapping, double-crosses and a map that constantly re-draws, Rudi begins to realise that underneath his daily round of plot and counter plot, behind the conflicting territories, another entirely different reality might be pulling the strings... Features Summary Rudi is a cook in a Krakow restaurant, but when his boss asks Rudi to help a cousin escape from the country he's trapped in, a new career - part spy, part people-smuggler - begins... Author Dave Hutchinson Publisher Solaris Release date 20140214 Pages 317 ISBN 1-78108-195-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78108-195-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days An enchanting, atmospheric new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a peasant couple longs for a child. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery night, the couple's wish comes true. But the silence that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to come. Strangers look on askance and fall speechless in the child's presence, and villagers protectively hush their children as they pass on narrow market lanes. Pavla is no ordinary child, but then this is no ordinary tale. Woven throughout is the story of Danilo, a young man who sees beauty where others see ugliness, and who is obsessed only with protecting Pavla. Drawing from a rich tapestry of fables, fairy tales and folklore, Little Nothing is a fantastically inventive, suspenseful allegory, and one of the most quixotic and constantly surprising love stories you will read this year. Features Summary Blending fable and folklore, Silver conjures an electric, pitch-black allegory for fans of Angela Carter and Franz Kafka Author Marisa Silver Publisher Oneworld Publications Release date 20171019 Pages 352 ISBN 1-78607-236-X ISBN 13 978-1-78607-236-8