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Amerika by Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka
24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins
'He is the greatest German writer of our time' Vladimir Nabakov After an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl, sixteen-year-old Karl Rossman is banished to America by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in the land of opportunity, Karl's youthful breeziness propels him into a series ...Show more
In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
7.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
'The condemned man looked so doggishly submissive, it really seemed as if one might allow him to roam the slopes freely, and only needed to whistle when it was time for the execution, and he would come.' Kafka transformed the possibilities of the short story, his unique imagination giving his dark tales ...Show more
Investigations of a Dog by Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka
3.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins | Series: Penguin Modern
If I think about it, and I have the time and inclination and capacity to do so, we dogs are an odd lot.' How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge.
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka
26.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short works by the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithOne morning, ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant cockroach. Metamorphosis, Kafka's masterpi ...Show more
Metamorphosis (Penguin pocket classics) by Franz Kafka
18.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins | Series: Pocket Penguins Ser.
Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. Samsa must learn to ...Show more
Metamorphosis: Popular Penguins by Franz Kafka
16.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins | Series: Popular Penguins
'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century' Elias Canetti One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. In 'Metamorphosis' and the ...Show more
Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
27.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, writ ...Show more
Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins | Series: Penguin Black Classics
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remar ...Show more
The Burrow by Franz Kafka; Michael Hofmann (Translator)
21.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins
Translated by Michael Hofmann.'They come, you hear the scratch of their claws just below you in the ground, and already you are lost.'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 sub ...Show more
The Castle by Franz Kafka
26.95 NZD
Category: General fiction
K is the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K's struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal a truth about the nature ...Show more
The Complete Novels of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka; Edwin Muir (Translator)
39.99 NZD
Category: General fiction
In AmericaKarl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange, and 'America' is never quite as real as it should be. Kafka, a Czech writing in German, never acutally visited America; so, as Max Brod commented, ' ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
20.00 NZD
Category: Collectors Library | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Through tight dialogue and absurd settings Franz Kafka creates a maze-like prose to mimic the bureaucracy of early twentieth-century Germany, trapping his protagonist in an unlawful conviction that alters the path of his life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, ...Show more