{"product_id":"the-complete-stories","title":"The Complete Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis and The Trial.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together all of Kafka's stories, from the classic tales such as \"The Metamorphosis,\" \"In the Penal Colony,\" and \"A Hunger Artist\" to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka's literary executor, released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Kafka] spoke for millions in their new unease; a century after his birth, he seems the last holy writer, and the supreme fabulist of modern man's cosmic predicament.\" --from the Foreword by John Updike","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103028932909,"sku":"BS-8XD-210552","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780805210552-HD.jpg?v=1780250496","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-complete-stories","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}