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Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka
by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, eds.


Franz Kafka died in obscurity in 1924, publishing only a handful of bizarre stories in little-known magazines. Yet even those who have never read a word of his fiction describe their tribulations with the Department of Motor Vehicles as "Kafkaesque." How did this happen?

These dystopic, comedic, and ironic tales explore the fiction of generations of authors inspired by Kafka's work.

"eclectic, mind-blowing collection" -Publishers Weekly
Trade paperback, $15.95 978-1-61696-049-0

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