Writing in the first three decades of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka explored the themes of alienation, anxiety, and solitude in stories that were often surreally fantastic. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than 30 of Kafka’s best-known stories in a new translation including “The Metamorphosis, ” “In the Penal Colony, ” “The Hunger Artist, ” “A Country Doctor, ” and “A Report to an Academy.” The Metamorphosis and Other Stories is one of Barnes & Noble’sCollectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world’s greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stampedbinding, with distinctivecolored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative,