by Franz Kafka · Biblioteheca Bohemica · tapa dura · ISBN 9788072532353
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«A Country Doctor: Short Stories» is the collection of fourteen short stories by Franz Kafka, published in 2007 in hardback (99 pages, in English).
It brings together fourteen stories that move between the real and the absurd: a doctor who goes out at night to attend a patient, a city invaded by savage nomads, or an imperial messenger who never reaches his destination. In these pages, reality becomes chaotic and elusive, and the characters try to make sense of a world that is falling apart.
The German original is «Ein Landarzt»; this English edition is accompanied by illustrations by Karel Hruska and an epilogue by Elisabeth Fuchs.
Suitable for readers of short fiction who want to approach Kafka's universe without starting with a long novel.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
