Gérard Rudent Book order (chronological)

One of Kafka's most famous stories, 'Metamorphosis' explores the notions of alienation and human loneliness, demonstrating his extraordinary narrative techniques and depth of imagination. In the second story the relationship between a father and son is explored.

Writing in the first three decades of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka explored the themes of alienation, anxiety, and solitude in works that were often surreally fantastic. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than thirty of Kafka's best-known tales in a new translation. They include The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Hunger Artist, A Country Doctor, and A Report to an Academy.