The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories

Resumen del libro

Kafka, whose name has generated an adjective, is one of the best loved writers of the twentieth century. Known for his dark, enigmatic stories, for the absurd nightmares he depicts, his extraordinary imaginative depth is clear in stories from 'A Hunger Artist' to 'The Verdict'. But Kafka also wrote fizzingly funny, fresh stories, and The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man contains all the aspects of this genius: the wit and the grit; the horror and the humour; the longing and the laughing.

They range from bizarre, two-sentence stories about Don Quixote to the famous brutal depiction of violence and justice that is 'In the Penal Colony'. In a nimble new translation by the acclaimed Alexander Starritt, this collection of Kafka's essential stories shows the genius at his very best.

Biografía del autor

Franz Kafka es uno de los escritores más importantes de la Literatura del siglo XX. En contra de sus deseos, su obra ha llegado hasta nuestros días y sigue despertando la admiración y el asombro del público contemporáneo. Entre sus obras más importantes se encuentran El proceso, La condena y La metamorfosis, uno de los relatos más conmovedores e inquietantes de la literatura de todos los tiempos.