Bringing together all of Kafka's stories including those released during his lifetime and others after his death, a complete anthology offers insight into his valuable literary contributions. Reprint. The Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka's stories, from the classic tales such as The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and A Hunger Artist to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka's literary executor, released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume. FOREWORD ix JOHN UPDIKE TWO INTRODUCTORY PARABLES 3(6) Before the Law* 3(1) An Imperial Message* 4(5) THE LONGER STORIES 9(370) Description of a Struggle 9(43) Wedding Preparations in the Country 52(25) The Judgment* 77(12) The Metamorphosis* 89(51) In the Penal Colony* 140(28) The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole] 168(15) Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor 183(23) The Warden of the Tomb 206(14) A Country Doctor* 220(6) The Hunter Gracchus 226(5) The Hunter Gracchus: A Fragment 231(4) The Great Wall of China 235(13) The News of the Building of the Wall: A Fragment 248(2) A Report to an Academy* 250(9) A Report to an Academy: Two Fragments 259(4) The Refusal 263(5) A Hunger Artist* 268(10) Investigations of a Dog 278(39) A Little Woman* 317(8) The Burrow 325(35) Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk* 360(19) THE SHORTER STORIES 379(80) Children on a Country Road* 379(3) The Trees* 382(1) Clothes* 382(1) Excursion into the Mountains* 383(1) Rejection* 383(1) The Street Window* 384(1) The Tradesman* 385(2) Absent-minded Window-gazing* 387(1) The Way Home* 387(1) Passers-by* 388(1) On the Tram* 388(1) Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys* 389(1) The Wish to Be a Red Indian* 390(1) Unhappiness* 390(4) Bachelor's Ill Luck* 394(1) Unmasking a Confidence Trickster* 395(2) The Sudden Walk* 397(1) Resolutions* 398(1) A Dream* 399(2) Up in the Gallery* 401(1) A Fratricide* 402(2) The Next Village* 404(1) A Visit to a Mine* 404(3) Jackals and Arabs* 407(4) The Bridge 411(1) The Bucket Rider 412(2) The New Advocate* 414(1) An Old Manuscript* 415(3) The Knock at the Manor Gate 418(1) Eleven Sons* 419(5) My Neighbor 424(2) A Crossbreed [A Sport] 426(1) The Cares of a Family Man* 427(2) A Common Confusion 429(1) The Truth about Sancho Panza 430(1) The Silence of the Sirens 430(2) Prometheus 432(1) The City Coat of Arms 433(1) Poseidon 434(1) Fellowship 435(1) At Night 436(1) The Problem of Our Laws 437(2) The Conscription of Troops 439(2) The Test 441(1) The Vulture 442(1) The Helmsman 443(1) The Top 444(1) A Little Fable 445(1) Home-Coming 445(1) First Sorrow* 446(3) The Departure 449(1) Advocates 449(2) The Married Couple 451(5) Give it Up! 456(1) On Parables 457(2) POSTSCRIPT 459(2) BIBLIOGRAPHY 461(4) EDITORS AND TRANSLATORS 465(2) ON THE MATERIAL INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME 467(8) CHRONOLOGY 475(6) SELECTED WRITINGS ON KAFKA 481