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''Kafka himself would love it'' The i
''As captivating as it is thought-provoking'' Glamour
''Unsettling and uneasy'' Daily Mail
''Glorious'' Harper''s Bazaar

A collection of brand-new short stories written by major international writers and inspired by Kafka

What happens when Kafka''s idionsyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary minds writing in English across the globe today? In this collection of stories, commissioned to commemorate one hundred years since his death, ten of our most celebrated international writers take ideas of Kafka''s - motifs from his stories, titles of his famous works, or unfinished fragments left behind in his Blue Octavo Notebooks - and run with them to make something new.

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 5/1/2025
      ISBN13: 9780349146423, 978-0349146423
      ISBN10: 034914642X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Kafka himself would love it'' The i
      ''As captivating as it is thought-provoking'' Glamour
      ''Unsettling and uneasy'' Daily Mail
      ''Glorious'' Harper''s Bazaar

      A collection of brand-new short stories written by major international writers and inspired by Kafka

      What happens when Kafka''s idionsyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary minds writing in English across the globe today? In this collection of stories, commissioned to commemorate one hundred years since his death, ten of our most celebrated international writers take ideas of Kafka''s - motifs from his stories, titles of his famous works, or unfinished fragments left behind in his Blue Octavo Notebooks - and run with them to make something new.

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