About the Book: This Penguin Modern Classics collection brings together some of Franz Kafka’s most significant short fiction in acclaimed new translations by Michael Hofmann. Featuring The Metamorphosis, The Judgement, Meditation, The Stoker and The Aeroplanes at Brescia, these stories showcase Kafka’s extraordinary imagination and literary vision. From horrific transformation and alienation to family conflict, identity and the absurdities of modern life, the collection captures the depth and breadth of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers. An essential introduction to Kafka’s distinctive, haunting and thought-provoking fiction.