The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man

Informationen zum Autor Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born to Jewish parents in Prague and wrote in German. He published only a few story collections and individual stories in literary magazines during his lifetime. The rest of his work was published posthumously. He is now considered one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. Alexander Starritt is the author of the novels The Beast and We Germans . He is the winner of the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and has been shortlisted for the Prix Femina and Prix Médicis, among others. His translations of A Chess Story by Stefan Zweig and Late Fame by Arthur Schnitzler are also published by Pushkin Press. Klappentext New translations of the finest short stories from the beloved and influential writer, from two-sentence stories about Don Quixote to brutal depiction of violence and justice 'In The Penal Colony'. Zusammenfassung This collection of Kafka's essential stories shows the genius at his very best.

Product details

• Authors: Franz Kafka
• Assisted by: Alexander Starritt (Translation), Starritt Alexander (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.10.2018
• EAN: 9781782274391
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-439-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 164 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Pushkin Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Classic fiction: general and literary