The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories
by Franz Kafka
Description
This essential collection gathers Franz Kafka’s most haunting and influential stories, revealing a world where ordinary lives collide with baffling laws, shifting identities, and unsettling forms of authority. From intimate portraits of isolation and desire to surreal encounters with family, work, and bureaucracy, these tales explore the anxieties of modern existence with startling clarity and dark humor. Alexander Starritt’s selection and presentation offer an accessible introduction to Kafka’s distinctive imagination while preserving the ambiguity, strangeness, and emotional power that have made his work enduringly significant.
Available Editions
paperback
Pushkin Press, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2023
192 pages
ISBN: 9781805330400
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Details
First Published
2023
Language
eng
Translation
From: deu
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