A collection of Kafka's greatest stories, translated by Michael Hofmann. Kafka's masterpiece of anxiety and black humor, Metamorphosis, the story of a “normal” man who turns into an insect, is gathered in this collection along with his other works he considered worthy of publication. It includes Meditation, a collection of his earlier short writings; The Judgment, written in a night of intense creativity; The Stoker, and a glimpse at an airshow. Together, these stories, fragments, and miniatures reveal the breadth of his perspective, a sense of the absurd, and above all, his keen, strange wit. Translation and introduction by Michael Hofmann.