A collection of brand-new short stories by prize-winning, bestselling authors, inspired by the legacy of Franz Kafka, published to mark the centenary of his death.
Selected as a 2024 highlight by The Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Esquire, and The New European.
Franz Kafka is celebrated as one of the greatest literary minds of the twentieth century. But what happens when some of today’s most inventive writers take inspiration from his work? What sparks arise when they explore a mood, an idea, or even a single line from Kafka’s stories?
In these ten specially commissioned tales, a future society builds a colossal tower to reach God with the help of their AI servants, a flat hunt turns into an absurd bureaucratic mess, and an entire population succumbs to a wave of contagious panic attacks. These stories are at once thought-provoking, darkly humorous, disturbing, and haunting. Drawing from Kafka’s visionary imagination, they offer a fresh perspective on the surrealities of modern life.
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