by Franz Kafka · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420646671
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«En la colonia penitenciaria» is the short story by Franz Kafka, published by Alianza in paperback (62 pages, in Spanish).
An officer of a penal colony shows a traveller how an execution machine works, engraving the prisoner's sentence on his skin until it causes his death within twelve hours. On this premise, Kafka builds a reflection on authority, guilt and punishment, and on the limits of justice and power.
Number 67 of the Alianza Cien collection by Alianza Editorial, published in February 1996.
Aimed at students and readers interested in classic twentieth-century fiction and in Kafka's work.
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.
