by Franz Kafka · Fischer Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783436010621
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«Sämtliche Erzählungen» is the collection of short stories by Franz Kafka, published by Fischer Verlag in paperback (410 pages, in German).
It brings together Kafka's short fiction, from the texts he published in his lifetime to those he left unpublished. His stories depict an oppressive world in which guilt, bureaucracy and the absurd challenge the identity and freedom of the individual.
Edition edited by Paul Raabe, published in 1972. The volume is organized into three sections: books published by the author, scattered stories and narratives from the estate. ISBN 9783436010621.
Recommended for those who want to approach Kafka's short fiction and twentieth-century German literature.
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.
