Franz Kafka (Author of The Metamorphosis)

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Franz Kafka

Born

in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic

July 03, 1883

Died

June 03, 1924

Genre

Fiction, Philosophy, Short Stories

Influences

Franz Werfel, Knut Hamsun, Robert Walser, Anton Chekhov, S酶ren Kierkeg ...more

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Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as " The Metamorphosis " (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.

Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.

His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony " (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).

Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of ...more

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	The Metamorphosis 3.89 avg rating — 1,297,987 ratings — published 1915 — 5759 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial 3.95 avg rating — 368,086 ratings — published 1925 — 367 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 70,392 ratings — published 1926 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to His Father by Franz Kafka, Ernst Kaiser (Translator), Gerda Meijerink (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 50,901 ratings — published 1919 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amerika by Franz Kafka, Willa Muir (Translator), Edwin Muir (Translator), Klaus Mann (Preface), E.L. Doctorow (Foreword) 3.74 avg rating — 32,523 ratings — published 1927 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka, John Updike (Foreword), Nahum N. Glatzer (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 27,826 ratings — published 1911 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Penal Colony 3.93 avg rating — 30,094 ratings — published 1918 — 494 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Helen Vlcnovska (Illustrator), Kevin Blahut (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 21,229 ratings — published 1924 — 202 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka, Philip Boehm (translator), Aarno Peromies (Translator), Milena Jesensk谩 (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 21,393 ratings — published 1952 — 251 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka, Anne Rice (Foreword), Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Willa Muir (Translator), Edwin Muir (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 20,374 ratings — published 1915 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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