Peter Wortsman

A VIVID RE-TRANSLATION OF METAMORPHOSIS, ALONGSIDE A BROAD SELECTION OF KAFKA'S STORIES, JOURNAL ENTRIES AND LETTERS An eclectic selection from the full range of Kafka's writing, attractively presented for a new generation of readers. In this new selection and translation, Peter Wortsman mines Franz Kafka's entire opus of short prose - including works published in the author's brief lifetime, posthumously published stories, journals and letters. The result is a thorough plumbing of the imaginative depths of the great German-Jewish scribe from Prague that refreshes the writer's mythic storytelling powers for a new generation of readers.

"Strange man, how can you have eyes for sale? Eyes? Eyes?" 'This is the disturbing tale of a young man's obsession with the Sandman, stealer of eyes, which has inspired writers from Sigmund Freud to Neil Gaiman. This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.