»Es wäre müßig, unter den Aphorismensammlungen des 20. Jahrhunderts eine zu suchen, die so intensiv und rätselhaft wäre wie diese«, schreibt Roberto Calasso in seinem Nachwort.
Acht Monate, vom September 1917 bis zum April 1918, verbrachte Kafka im böhmischen Zürau im Haus seiner Schwester Ottla. Später schreibt er über diese Zeit: »Denke auch daran, daß vielleicht die beste Zeit Deines Lebens von der Du eigentlich noch zu niemandem richtig gesprochen hast, vor etwa 2 Jahren jene 8 Monate auf einem Dorf gewesen sind, wo Du mit allem abgeschlossen zu haben glaubtest, Dich nur auf das Zweifellose in Dir beschränktest, frei warst, ohne Briefe, ohne die 5jährige Postverbindung mit Berlin, im Schutz Deiner Krankheit und dabei gar nicht viel an Dir verändern sondern nur die alten engen Umrisse Deines Wesens fester nachziehen mußtest …« In dieser ›besten Zeit seines Lebens‹ entstanden die, selbst in Kafkas Werk, einzigartigen Aphorismen.

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Franz Kafka
Schloss, Das
Historisch-Kritische Edition sämtlicher Handschriften, Drucke und Typoskripte
6 Hefte und 1 Beiheft im Schuber
Hrsg. v. Roland Reuß und Peter Staengle
Mit der Edition der Handschriften zu Kafkas »Das Schloss« legt die Franz Kafka-Edition (FKA) nach »Der Process« (1997) den zweiten umfangreichen Roman-Entwurf Kafkas in Faksimile und chronologisch differenzierter diplomatischer Umschrift vor. Es handelt sich um Kafkas letzten, Fragment gebliebenen Versuch, einen Roman zu schreiben. Begonnen wurde er im Winter 1922 zu Beginn des Kuraufenthalts in Spindlermühle, unterhalb der Schneekoppe, unweit der heutigen tschechischen Grenze zu Polen.
Die Handschrift erstreckt sich über sechs Hefte und ist – im Unterschied zum Manuskript von »Der Process« – durchgängig linear organisiert, wobei die FKA in Heft 1 erstmals die Problematik des doppelten Anfangs sinnfällig macht, die in den früheren Ausgaben Max Brods und Malcolm Pasleys zugunsten einer einfacheren Lektüre in den Anhang bzw. textkritischen Apparat verbannt wurde.
Sinnlich wahrnehmbar wird in der FKA auch erstmals Kafkas Kniff bei der Destabilisierung der Erzählperspektive, einen zunächst als Ich-Erzählung beginnenden Text durch den bruchartigen Übergang zur Er-Perspektive nach ca. 50 Seiten (bei rückwirkender Änderung des Personalpronomens der zunächst geschriebenen Passagen) zu befremden.
Die Handschrift selbst ist, wie häufig bei Kafka, ohne vorausliegenden Plan unmittelbar in die überlieferten Hefte geschrieben. Die Spuren der äußeren Umstände ihrer Entstehung (Ortswechsel) lassen sich an den manchmal begegnenden Änderungen des Schreibmaterials (Bleistift, verschiedene Tinten) gut verfolgen. Die Transkription der FKA bemüht sich zugleich um größtmögliche Präzision und um gute Lesbarkeit. Die konsequente Faksimilierung der Handschriften ermöglicht die Überprüfung der editorischen Entscheidungen auf jeder Seite.
Mit der historisch-kritischen Ausgabe von »Das Schloss« liegt ein weiterer Meilenstein der Kafka-Edition von Roland Reuß und Peter Staengle vor.
Die Arbeit an der Edition wurde maßgeblich gefördert von der Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung und der VolkswagenStiftung.

变形记囊括了卡夫卡所有的中短篇小说，其中《变形记》、《在流放地》、《在法的大门前》、《乡村教师》等都是脍炙人口的名篇。它们均采用象征、隐喻、夸张等手法，情节生动，语言简洁流畅；故事怪诞离奇，无确定的时间和地点，无前因后果，给人以梦幻、神秘、奇特的感觉。作品的主人公几乎都处于一种身不由己的境地，他们在离奇古怪的世界中部有自己的目标，但往往又以失败而告终。

本套12冊屬於卡伕卡研究第三階段之校勘本，與第二堦段馬克思博儸德的編輯版本相比，很大程度上取消了後者的許多編輯処，力圖還原作品原貌。
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The Complete Stories brings 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.

I have only one request," Kafka wrote to his publisher Kurt Wolff in 1913. "'The Stoker,' 'The Metamorphosis,' and 'The Judgment' belong together, both inwardly and outwardly. There is an obvious connection among the three, and, even more important, a secret one, for which reason I would be reluctant to forego the chance of having them published together in a book, which might be called The Sons."
Seventy-five years later, Kafka's request is granted, in a volume including these three classic stories of filial revolt as well as his own poignant "Letter to His Father," another "son story" located between fiction and autobiography. A devastating indictment of the modern family, The Sons represents Kafka's most concentrated literary achievement as well as the story of his own domestic tragedy.
Grouped together under this new title and in newly revised translations, these texts—the like of which Kafka had never written before and (as he claimed at the end of his life) would never again equal—take on fresh, compelling meaning.

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."
With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece,
. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation,
has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death,
is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism,
has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.

It is likely that these journals will be regarded as one of [Kafka's] major literary works; his life and personality were perfectly suited to the diary form, and in these pages he reveals what he customarily hid from the world." -- New Yorker
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times
Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.
These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.
Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.

Part illustrated biography, part comics adaptation, R. Crumb's Kafka is a vibrant biography that examines this Czech writer and his works in a way that a bland textbook never could! R. Crumb's Kafka goes far beyond being explication or popularization or survey—it is a work of art in its own right, a very rare example of what happens when one very idiosyncratic artist absorbs another into his world view without obliterating the individuality of the absorbed one. Crumb's art is filled with Kafka's insurmountable neuroses. They are all there: Gregor Samsa's sister, the luscious Milena Jesenska, the Advocate's 'nurse' Leni, Olda and Frieda, and the ravishing Dora Diamant—drawn in that mixture of self-command, tantalizing knowingness and sly sexuality—that Amazonian randiness and thick-limbed physicality that is Crumb.

The Enriched Classics series offers readers such features as: - A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information - A chronology of the author's life and work - A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context - An outline of key themes and plot points to help guide the reader's own interpretations - Detailed explanatory notes - Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work - Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction - A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience - Reader-friendly font size

《卡夫卡变虫记》的故事灵感来源于卡夫卡短片小说《变形记》。一天早上，小男孩卡夫卡一觉醒来，发现自己变成了一只棕紫色的超级大甲虫。但是没人注意到他变形了——他的父母、他的小妹妹、他的老师——除了他最好的朋友迈克尔，谁都没注意到。迈克尔想让卡夫卡变回小男孩，卡夫卡也很想变回去。可为什么他会变成甲虫呢？为什么大家好像都没发现呢？卡夫卡在寻找答案，也在找回自己……

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', written in a single night of frenzied creativity; 'The Stoker', the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece and 'The Aeroplanes at Brescia', Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.

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A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door--becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.

“This fine version, with David Cronenberg’s inspired introduction and the new translator’s beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don’t hesitate: this is the transforming text for you.”―Richard Howard
Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This hugely influential work inspired George Orwell, Albert Camus, Jorge Louis Borges, and Ray Bradbury, while continuing to unsettle millions of readers.
In her new translation of Kafka’s masterpiece, Susan Bernofsky strives to capture both the humor and the humanity in this macabre tale, underscoring the ways in which Gregor Samsa’s grotesque metamorphosis is just the physical manifestation of his longstanding spiritual impoverishment.

"The Metamorphosis and Other Stories," by Franz Kafka, is part of the ""Barnes and 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 remarkable features of "Barnes and Noble Classics": New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices and Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. "Barnes and Noble Classics "pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Virtually unknown during his lifetime, Franz Kafka is now one of the world's most widely read and discussed authors. His nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern man's anxiety and alienation in a bizarre, hostile, and dehumanized world. This vision is most fully realized in Kafka's masterpiece, ""The Metamorphosis,"" a story that is both harrowing and amusing, and a landmark of modern literature. Bringing together some of Kafka's finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness and variety of the author'sartistry. ""The Judgment,"" which Kafka considered to be his decisive breakthrough, and ""The Stoker,"" which became the first chapter of his novel "Amerika," are here included. These two, along with ""The Metamorphosis,"" form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as "The Sons," and they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family. Also included are ""In the Penal Colony,"" a story of a torture machine and its operators and victims, and ""A Hunger Artist,"" about the absurdity of an artist trying to communicate with a misunderstanding public. Kafka's lucid, succinct writing chronicles the labyrinthine complexities, the futility-laden horror, and the stifling oppressiveness that permeate his vision of modern life. Jason Baker is a writer of short stories living in Brooklyn, New York.