The Complete Storiesbrings 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.
FOREWORD BY JOHN UPDIKE
TWO INTRODUCTORY PARABLESBefore the Law*An Imperial Message* THE LONGER STORIESDescription of a StruggleWedding Preparations in the CountryThe Judgment*The Metamorphosis*In the Penal Colony *The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole]
Blumfeld, an Elderly BachelorThe Warden of the TombA Country Doctor*The Hunter GracchusThe Hunter Gracchus: A FragmentThe Great Wall of ChinaThe News of the Building of the Wall: A FragmentA Report to an Academy *A Report to an Academy: Two FragmentsThe RefusalA Hunger Artist*Investigations of a DogA Little Woman*The Burrow325
Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk*360
THE SHORTER STORIESChildren on a Country Road*The Trees*Clothes*Excursion into the Mountains*Rejection*The Street Window*The Tradesman*Absent-minded Window-gazing*The Way Home*Passers-by*On the Tram*Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys*The Wish to Be a Red Indian*Unhappiness*Bachelor’s Ill Luck*Unmasking a Confidence Trickster*The Sudden Walk*Resolutions*Dream*Upin the Gall“W