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A beautiful jacketed hardback edition of Franz Kafka''s classic novel, Metamorphosis, with brand-new, full-colour illustrations by Gaby Verdooren. A masterful mix of horror and absurdity which tells the story of travelling salesman Samsa, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a giant insect. Kafka''s novella has been adapted for film and television a number of times, most recently for radio when BBC''s Radio broadcast the story, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first publication.This beautifully illustrated collector''s edition features the complete text, with an original Arcturus translation by Will Aaltonen Pearson and specially-commissioned illustrations by Gaby Verdooren Whether you''re approaching Metamorphosis for the first time, or want to experience it afresh with new illustrations, this collectible edition is perfect for any lover of classic litera

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Encuadernación: RústicaColección: Novela Gráfica GAYObra póstuma de Franz Kafka, América narra el viaje de Karl Rossmann, un joven europeo de 16 años, a Nueva York en un intento de huir de las consecuencias de un escarceo amoroso con una criada y con la voluntad de hacer fortuna y labrarse un futuro mejor. Sus aventuras surrealistas se iniciarán ya en el barco que le conduce al Nuevo Contienente y necesitará la ayuda de su tío, quien le ha invitado a Nueva York, para salir airoso del primer embrollo. Sin embargo, Karl Rossmann vivirá más situaciones disparatadas y de la mano de Frank Kafka recorreremos los diversos estratos sociales de la Nueva York de principios del siglo XX.

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Al entrar en el puerto de Nueva York a bordo de un barco que se iba deteniendo, Karl Roßmann, un joven de diecisiete años al que sus padres pobres habían enviado a América por tener un hijo con una criada que lo había seducido, creyó ver la Estatua de la diosa Libertad, que divisaba desde hacía un buen rato, como si estuviera dentro de un rayo de sol que fulgurara de repente. Así comienza El fogonero, que se publicó como libro independiente en 1913 y terminó siendo el primer capítulo de El desaparecido, la inacabada novela de Kafka.Este relato, magníficamente ilustrado por Max, contiene elementos característicos de la narrativa del autor checo: todos estamos en manos de un destino que no controlamos. El joven Roßmann defenderá con vehemencia al fogonero porque considera que ha sido tratado injustamente, y de su viaje por el interior del barco, que se puede ver como un encuentro con las estructuras del poder, saldrá airoso gracias a un inesperado suceso...Como esos protagonistas

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Only yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on fiercely by his ungrateful family. This morning, Gregor awakens to discover that, overnight, he has been transformed into a monstrous insect. As Gregor frantically tries to conceal his predicament, neither his family nor his unsympathetic employer accept that a terrible metamorphosis has upended his existence. Is Gregor’s condition only temporary? Will he eventually revert back to the person he was and resume his normal life? Or might he have to accept that his transformation is only an outward expression of how he—and those in his life—actually see him? First published in 1915, Kafka’s best-known tale has inspired numerous interpretations for more than a century and helped to establish the term “Kafkaesque” as a reference to a bizarre and nightmarish experience. This collection of his short fiction, in a new translation, includes more than 30 of his short stories and sketches, including “In the Penal Colony,” “The Stoker,” “The Judgment,” “A Country Doctor,” “A Hunger Artist,” and more.

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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.

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Including his most widely recognized short works, as well as two new stories, this translation of Franz Kafka’s writings illuminate one of the century’s most controversial writers.Translated by PEN translation award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories has garnered critical acclaim and is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka''s stories. Neugroschel’s translation of Kafka''s work has made this controversial and monumental writing accessible to a whole new generation. This classic collection of forty-one great short works—including such timeless pieces of modern fiction as The Judgment and The Stoker—now includes two new stories, First Sorrow and The Hunger Artist.

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