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    The Sons

    By Franz Kafka

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    From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Trial: Three stories he published in his lifetime, including his best-known tale, “The Metamorphosis.”

    I have only one request," Kafka wrote to his publisher Kurt Wolff in 1913. "'The Stoker,' 'The Metamorphosis,' and 'The Judgment' belong together, both inwardly and outwardly. There is an obvious connection among the three, and, even more important, a secret one, for which reason I would be reluctant to forego the chance of having them published together in a book, which might be called The Sons."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 16, 2009
    ISBN9780307497970
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    Franz Kafka

    Franz Kafka (Praga, 1883 - Kierling, Austria, 1924). Escritor checo en lengua alemana. Nacido en el seno de una familia de comerciantes judíos, se formó en un ambiente cultural alemán y se doctoró en Derecho. Su obra, que nos ha llegado en contra de su voluntad expresa, pues ordenó a su íntimo amigo y consejero literario Max Brod que, a su muerte, quemara todos sus manuscritos, constituye una de las cumbres de la literatura alemana y se cuenta entre las más influyentes e innovadoras del siglo xx. Entre 1913 y 1919 escribió El proceso, La metamorfosis y publicó «El fogonero». Además de las obras mencionadas, en Nórdica hemos publicado Cartas a Felice.

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      Let’s begin with the fact that any collection containing “The Metamorphosis” has to be good. There are very good reasons why this is a classic. For those of you who haven’t heard, a man wakes up to find he has turned into a cockroach. For those of you who have heard but not bothered (or read at such speed – as required by some instructor or other authority figure – that you missed the nuance), it is not so much about the transformation into a cockroach as it is a study of the man and his family. This is a story you want to take the time to read, and you want to take the time to absorb it.But, on to the rest of the collection. Apparently, Kafka had a desire that these three stories (“The Judgment” about a son who is heading toward marriage but finds he has not lived up to his father’s expectations, “The Stoker” about a son who has been forced to leave his family and, after landing in America, finds more than one authority figure replacement, and the previously mentioned “The Metamorphosis” about a son who turns into…well, we’ve already been there) be brought together in one collection to help present his overarching theme about sons, fathers, and families. Collecting them this way does indeed help strengthen that theme. And this is enhanced by the inclusion of “Letter to His Father”, a “critique” written by Kafka about his father and the life Kafka wound up living.However, compared to “The Metamorphosis”, everything else is just interesting – not bad, but just interesting. Two hints about reading this specific collection. Read “Letter” first as it does provide insights into the thoughts that made up the short stories. And save the introduction for later (at least after reading “The Judgment) as there is a spoiler. Maybe a minor spoiler, but a spoiler nonetheless.