Franz Kafka

Proměna je povídka Franze Kafky vydaná roku 1915. Poprvé vyšla tiskem v říjnovém čísle expresionistického měsíčníku Die Weißen Blätter. V knižní podobě ji ještě v prosinci téhož roku publikovalo nakladatelství Kurta Wolffa.

Proces je román Franze Kafky. Byl napsán německy roku 1914 a poprvé vydán roku 1925 v berlínském nakladatelství Die Schmiede. Tento román vydal Kafkův dlouholetý společník z dob mládí i dospělosti Max Brod, rukopis byl bez názvu, titul Proces dal románu Brod podle poznámek v Kafkově deníku, kde se název Proces …

Zámek je román Franze Kafky, napsaný v roce 1922. Dílo má řadu možných interpretací. Podle jedné z nich pojednává o tragické srážce jednotlivce s nepochopitelnou byrokratickou mašinerií. Kafka byl značně ovlivněn židovskou tradicí a mystikou - podle jiné interpretace román ukazuje příchod nerozpoznaného mesiáše. Zámek …

Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slowly makes his way into the interior of the great continent. Although Kafka's first novel (begun in 1911 and never …

Translated by PEN translation award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories has garnered critical acclaim and is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. These translations illuminate one of this century's most controversial …

This letter is the closest that Kafka came to setting down his autobiography. He was driven to write it by his father's opposition to his engagement with Julie Wohryzek. The marriage did not take place; the letter was not delivered.

"In the Penal Colony" is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of …

Franz Kafka's Diaries, written in German language between 1910-1923, include casual observations, details of daily life, reflections on philosophical ideas, accounts of dreams, and ideas for stories. Kafka’s diaries offer a detailed view of the writer's thoughts and feelings, as well as some of his most famous and …