What Do I Read Next?
Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories (1971) features some of Kafka’s most renowned tales, including "Before the Law," "The Judgement," "The Metamorphosis," and "In the Penal Colony."
The Trial: A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text (1998) is a modern translation praised for its fidelity to Kafka’s original manuscript. This narrative follows Joseph K., who is questioned by mysterious government agents and charged with an unspecified crime, leading him into a complex legal and bureaucratic labyrinth with no apparent escape.
Max Brod’s Franz Kafka, a Biography (1937) is an early biography penned by Kafka’s close friend and literary executor.
Letters to Friends, Family and Editors (1977) offers a selection from Kafka’s vast correspondence.
Kafka’s Clothes: Ornament and Aestheticism in the Habsburg Fin de Siècle (1992) by Mark Anderson explores Kafka’s social environment among the stylish intellectuals of Prague at the turn of the century.
Klaus Wagenbach’s Franz Kafka: Pictures of a Life (1984) is a photographic collection depicting Kafka’s life, family, and hometown of Prague.
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