This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he himself thought worthy of publication. It includes u003ciu003eMetamorphosisu003c/iu003e, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; u003ciu003eMeditationu003c/iu003e, a collection of his earlier studies; u003ciu003eThe Judgementu003c/iu003e, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; u003ciu003eThe Stokeru003c/iu003e, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, and u003ciu003eThe Aeroplanes at Bresciau003c/iu003e, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.