SHORT STORIES OF FRANZ KAFKA

From the expressionism of his early prose pieces to his very last work, JOSEPHINE, these stories cover the full range of Kafka`s writing career, culminating in THE METAMORPHOSIS, which Elias Canetti described as "one of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century." Kafka`s stories, argues Borges in his foreword, are superior even to his novels, which is why this collection "gives us the full dimesion of this unique writer.` J.A Underwood`s acclaimed translation gives the reader all the chilling atmosphere of Kafka`s darkly comic universe, as reflected in the commanding precision of his language.