by Franz Kafka · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420633527
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«La condena» is a collection of short stories by Franz Kafka, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
The title story opens this volume, which brings together almost all the short fiction Kafka published in his lifetime: «Contemplación», «Un médico rural» and «En la colonia penitenciaria». The volume also includes «Una mujercita», «Josefina la cantora», magazine fragments and the beginning of «Ricardo y Samuel», an unfinished novel written with Max Brod.
This volume belongs to the Biblioteca Kafka of El Libro de Bolsillo de Alianza, with a translation by J.R. Wilcock.
For readers of classics and short fiction, as well as for those who want to approach Kafka's work beyond his novels.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
