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The Essential Kafka - Franz Kafka

Anotace: Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka´s world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. The Trial, where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and if there is any help to be had, it will come from unexpected sources, is a chilling, blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very ...

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The Trial - Kafka Franz

Kafka´s gripping work of psychological horror 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,

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Diaries by Franz Kafka - Kafka Franz

Anotace: An essential new translation of the author`s complete, uncensored diaries - a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century`s most influential writers`The writing glimmers with sensitivity, and openness to the world` - The Wall Street JournalDating from 1909 to 1923, Franz Kafka`s Diaries contains a broad array of writing, incl...

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The Diaries of Franz Kafka - Franz Kafka

<p>An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries--a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dating from 1909 to 1923, the handwritten diaries contain various kinds of writing: accounts of daily events, reflections, observations, li...

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Essential Kafka

Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. Kafka deals in

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Diaries by Franz Kafka - Franz Kafka

<p>An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers'The writing glimmers with sensitivity, and openness to the world' - The Wall Street JournalDating from 1909 to 1923, Franz Kafka's Diaries contains a broad array of writing, inclu...

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Franz Kafka

This lavish book about the most famous native of Prague Franz Kafka is intended for everyone who wishes to learn more about his life and work, and his world. It brings to life the world of Prague German literature, the world of Kafka's interests, family and friends, and also the world of his strange stories, which continue to fascinate and puzzle both readers and experts....

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Franz Kafka

The first book to publish the entirety of Franz KafkaÂ’s graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings

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Metamorphosis - Kafka Franz

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

Nedokončený román Proces Franze Kafky ve vydání nakladatelství Vitalis poprvé obsahuje nejen známé a již opakovaně uveřejněné texty, nýbrž také textové pasáže, které Kafka škrtnul.

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

Through tight dialogue and absurd settings Kafka creates a maze-like prose to mimic the bureaucracy of early 20th century Germany, trapping his protagonist in an unlawful conviction that alters the path of his life.

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

Anotace: Nedokončený román Proces Franze Kafky ve vydání nakladatelství Vitalis poprvé obsahuje nejen známé a již opakovaně uveřejněné texty, nýbrž také textové pasáže, které Kafka škrtnul. Díky této skutečnosti se naše vydání Procesu podstatně liší od ostatních četných vydání, které jsou na trhu nabízeny, a zároveň čtenáři nabízí nejrozsáhlejší text.<br><br>...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>Nedokončený román Proces Franze Kafky ve vydání nakladatelství Vitalis poprvé obsahuje nejen známé a již opakovaně uveřejněné texty, nýbrž také textové pasáže, které Kafka škrtnul. Díky této skutečnosti se naše vydání Procesu podstatně liší od ostatních četných vydání, které jsou na trhu nabízeny, a zároveň čtenáři nabízí nejrozsáhlejší text.<br /><br /&...

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The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

<p>When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, "The Metamorphosis." It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of d...

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The Castle - Franz Kafka

Anotace: The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about ...

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The Castle - Kafka Franz

Anotace: The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about ...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>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...

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The Trial - Kafka Franz

Anotace: Through tight dialogue and absurd settings Kafka creates a maze-like prose to mimic the bureaucracy of early 20th century Germany, trapping his protagonist in an unlawful conviction that alters the path of his life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. ...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>In Kafka's powerful and disturbing novel, an innocent man is arrested and repeatedly interrogated for a crime that is never ever explained. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This editi...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must make regular appearances at a court in the attic of a tenement building while his trial proceeds. Although he never comes to know the particulars of his case, Josef K. finds his life taken over by the...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>Kafka´s gripping work of psychological horror</p> <p>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 m...

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The Castle - Franz Kafka

The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home.

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The Castle - Franz Kafka

Anotace: Features K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.`s struggles in the labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveals a truth about the nature of existence.

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>'In the end, out of nothing at all, an enormous fabric of guilt will be conjured up.' One morning Josef K. is arrested for a crime he did not commit. In fact, he is never even told the nature of the offense. His life is thrown into turmoil as he becomes enmeshed in a struggle to prove his innocence. As the confounding case unfolds, K. is ultimately powerless - ba...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

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.

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

Anotace: 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 uncerta...

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

Anotace: 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.<br> 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 mor...

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The Castle - Franz Kafka

„Vše, co může být řečeno o této knize, je jen tápáním ve tmě. Člověk musí knihu přečíst sám, řádek za řádkem, aby viděl, jak se zde často z půvabného spolubytí ironie a piety vynořuje hrozící přísnost Posledního soudu. (...) "

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The Castle - Franz Kafka

Anotace: <p>"Vše, co může být řečeno o této knize, je jen tápáním ve tmě. Člověk musí knihu přečíst sám, řádek za řádkem, aby viděl, jak se zde často z půvabného spolubytí ironie a piety vynořuje hrozící přísnost Posledního soudu. Touto knihou se dokonale blíží velkému, nadčasovému a prorockému umění Dantovu, Hölderlinovu. To, co zůstalo odepřeno jedné užvatla...

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Diaries of Franz Kafka - Kafka Franz

Anotace: The diaries of the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial-one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century-provide a penetrating look into Prague and the life and dreams of one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty. They provide...

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Diaries of Franz Kafka - Franz Kafka

<p>The diaries of the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—provide a penetrating look into Prague and the life and dreams of one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a look ...

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The Complete Novels of Kafka - Franz Kafka

<p>Includes novels which are intended to be read as allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears.</p>

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""Metamorphosis"" - Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka has been said to have offered everything from a psychological parable of the Oedipal struggle to a caricature of psychological readings. T

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Franz Kafka - Castle

'Every time you read "The Castle, " you find something new in it'" Sunday Times."" The Castle" is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine wor...

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Dearest Father - Franz Kafka

In this open letter to his father – a letter which was never sent – Kafka tries to come to terms with one of the most deeply rooted obsessions of his troubled soul. Written as a long, tense and dramatic confession in which writer and man are gathered together in front of an ambivalent figure of authority, Dearest Father is a desperate attempt to retrace the origins of a t...

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Amerika - Franz Kafka

Anotace: Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slowly makes his way into the interior of the great continent. Kafka's first novel (begun in 1911 and never finished) is infused with a quite un-Kafkaesque blithene...

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Selected Stories - Franz Kafka

<p>A superb new translation of Kafka's classic stories, authoritatively annotated and beautifully illustrated.Selected Stories presents new, exquisite renderings of short works by one of the indisputable masters of the form. Award-winning translator and scholar Mark Harman offers the most sensitive English rendering yet of Franz Kafka's unique German prose-terse, wi...

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Dearest Father - Franz Kafka

In this open letter to his father – a letter which was never sent – Kafka tries to come to terms with one of the most deeply rooted obsessions of his troubled soul.

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Dearest Father - Kafka Franz

Anotace: In this open letter to his father - a letter which was never sent - Kafka tries to come to terms with one of the most deeply rooted obsessions of his troubled soul. Written as a long, tense and dramatic confession in which writer and man are gathered together in front of an ambivalent figure of authority, Dearest Father is a desperate attempt to retrace the orig...

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Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

<p>Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean isla...

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Franz Kafka - Trial

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 f...

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Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923 - Franz Kafka

The diaries of the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—provide a penetrating look into Prague and the life and dreams of one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.

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Letters to Milena - Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920.

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Letters to Milena - Kafka Franz

Anotace: Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech. Their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. S...

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Franz Kafka Stories 1904-1924

These stories cover the whole span of Kafka's writing career, from "Looking to See" written in his twenties, to his last work, "Josephine", and culmin

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Letters to Milena - Franz Kafka

<p>Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech. Their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. Such was his f...

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Letters To Milena - Kafka Franz

Anotace: The passionate but doomed epistolary love affair between a Czech translator and one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial. "Extraordinary...touching, horrifying, brilliant, sickly, [and] heartbreaking.... The most significant key we have for a reading of the author's novels and short stories.&q...

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Kafka's Prague

Nearly one hundred years after Franz Kafka's death, his works continue to intrigue and haunt us. Kafka is regarded as one of the most significant intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth century, and even for those who are only barely acquainted with

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature, ‘The Metamorphosis’ is accompanied in this volume by a selection of other classic tales and sketches by Kafka.

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THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES - KAFKA FRANZ

Anotace: A collection of all Kafka`s shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka`s literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings.

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

This new translation includes Kafka's most famous story, The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories, The Judgement and In the Penal Colony, and Meditation and the autobiographical Letter to his Father.

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The Burrow and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

Anotace: After Franz Kafka's death, in perhaps the most important of all acts of literary disobedience, his executor refused to agree to Kafka's wish that his great mass of unpublished fiction be destroyed. This fiction included not only The Castle and The Trial but also the amazingly varied, chilling and ingenious short works collected in The Burrow and Other ...

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The Castle, 1. vydání - Franz Kafka

<p>The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the na...

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Kafka Franz

One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature, 'The Metamorphosis' is accompanied in this volume by a selection of other classic tales and sketches by Kafka - such as 'The Judgement', 'In the Penal Colony' and 'A Country Doctor' - all presented in a lively and meticulous new translation by Christopher Moncrieff.

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The Castle, 1. vydání - Franz Kafka

The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of e...

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

Anotace: When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work and having to reveal his appearance to family and colleagues. Although over the following weeks he gradually becomes used to this new existence confined within the bounds of the apartment, ...

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

<p>When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work and having to reveal his appearance to family and colleagues. Although over the following weeks he gradually becomes used to this new existence confined within the bounds of the apartment, a...

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Through the Eys of Franz Kafka

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The Castle, 2. vydání - Franz Kafka

<p></p><p>"Vše, co může být řečeno o této knize, je jen tápáním ve tmě. Člověk musí knihu přečíst sám, řádek za řádkem, aby viděl, jak se zde často z půvabného spolubytí ironie a piety vynořuje hrozící přísnost Posledního soudu. Touto knihou se dokonale blíží velkému, nadčasovému a prorockému umění Dantovu, Hölderlinovu. To, co zůstalo odepřeno jedn...

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Investigations of a Dog - Franz Kafka

<p>'If I think about it, and I have the time and inclination and capacity to do so, we dogs are an odd lot.'How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series,...

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