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Kafka, one of the founders of modern literature, was little known during his lifetime but shocked the world after his death. He never married and had a strained relationship with his father. His sister, Ultra Kafka, was perhaps the person to whom he was closest. Kafka's collection of letters, "Love Letters to Milena", "Love Letters to Phyllis" and "To Father" have all been translated into Chinese, while "Letter to Ultra and Family" has not yet been translated into Chinese. Through Kafka's letters with his family, we can see the rare warmth of this lonely writer.

This book is one of the six volumes of "Designer Joint Book Series·K Classic". "Ein Hungerkünstler" (Ein Hungerkünstler) is Kafka's last collected work during his lifetime and contains a total of four stories. Kafka's health was deteriorating at the time and he was in and out of sanatorium several times. This collection of works was proofread on his sickbed and was finally published in August 1924, two months after Kafka's death. The short story "The Hunger Artist" included in the collection describes the story of a performer who was obsessed with the art of hunger, from his highlight moment to being forgotten by the world, feeling depressed because he was not understood, and finally died. In addition, this book also includes ten short works that Kafka published in newspapers and periodicals during his lifetime but were not collected and published.

This book is one of the six volumes of "Designer Joint Book Series·K Classic". "Ein Landarzt" (Ein Landarzt) is a collection of Kafka's short stories. It was published by Kurt Wolff Verlag in Germany in the spring of 1920. It contains a total of fourteen of Kafka's stories. Famous articles such as "At the Door of the Law" and "Report to an Academy of Sciences" are included in this volume. There are strange imaginations between the lines, and the ironic language style is distinctive. This book also includes the short story "Inder Strafkolonie" (Inder Strafkolonie), which was first published in October 1919. There was a horrific execution machine in the penal colony that was used to execute prisoners, an act that was opposed by the new commander. The officer who carried out the execution tried his best to defend the value of the machine but failed, and ultimately committed suicide with the machine.

This book is one of the six volumes of "Designer Joint Book Series·K Classic". "The Metamorphosis" is Kafka's famous novella, completed in 1912 and published in 1915. The protagonist of the novel, Gregor, is a travel salesman for a company and the breadwinner of the entire family. When Gregor woke up one morning, he turned into a beetle. Since then, he has not only lost the ability to live and work, but has also been regarded as a burden and scandal to the family. The attitudes of his parents and sister towards him suddenly changed, from respect to disgust, showing indifferent faces. In the end, Gregor died alone and hungry.

The "K Classics" series consists of 6 volumes, covering all the short and medium-length works published by Kafka during his lifetime. It also includes some of Kafka's unpublished posthumous works, Kafka's will, and a chronology of Kafka's major events. Among them, 8 works are unique to Tong Yali's translation, including 3 short essays, which debuted in the simplified Chinese version. The translation was made by the well-known translator Tong Yali. It is a direct translation from German and is authentic.

This book is the most representative work of Kafka's late period. Although the novel is unfinished, it is full of a nightmarish, strange, mysterious and absurd atmosphere, showing the alienation of human existence under the control of a huge bureaucratic machine. In Kafka's plan, K tried his best and rushed here and there, but all his efforts were in vain. He was unable to enter the castle until his death. The protagonist K walked through the snow in the middle of the night and came to a village governed by a castle. He claimed to be a land surveyor hired by the castle, but he could not provide any proof, so he was severely interrogated. The castle is located on a hill in front of you, but it is cold and majestic, like a giant beast overlooking the village, out of reach; it is a huge bureaucracy with a strict hierarchy and countless departments, officials and dusty documents.

This book is one of the six volumes of "Designer Joint Book Series·K Classic". "Betrachtung" (Betrachtung) is Kafka's first collection of works. It was published by Ernst Rowohlt Verlag in Leipzig, Germany in 1912. It includes eighteen early works of the writer. The Berliner Zeitung commented on "Meditations" and said: "What Kafka said seems to be whispered by those who are unloved and silent." These 18 works are eclectic and vary in length. From them, we can see that Kafka had his own unique style in writing in his early years, and we can also feel his keen insight and unusually delicate inner world.

This book is one of the six volumes of "Designer Joint Book Series·K Classic". "Gro? Er L? Rm" (Gro? Er L? Rm) collects six of Kafka's posthumous works, including "The Record of a Battle", "Preparations for a Country Wedding", "The Country Teacher" and other famous works. Among them, the short story "Record of a Battle" has two versions. Draft A was written in 1904 and is Kafka's earliest extant work. Draft B was written in the autumn of 1909. "Country Wedding Preparation" also has three drafts A, B, and C, all of which are included in this volume. The story revolves around the protagonist Edward Laban's journey to the countryside to visit his fiancée. However, he was not in a hurry, and his schedule was repeatedly delayed due to various things...

The day will come when a young man leaves home, ventures into the world alone, and walks his own path. After having an affair with his family's maid, sixteen-year-old Carl Rothman was forced to leave Europe and travel across the ocean to the United States. However, from the beginning of his transoceanic journey, the world showed him its complicated side. When he arrived in a foreign land, he increasingly understood that there seemed to be always an insurmountable gap between people, and the development of everything would have a completely unpredictable turn... This is Kafka's debut novel. The influence of Dickens is still there, and Kafka's own style has emerged. The story of young Karl is a portrayal of Kafka's own life and the path that all living beings are destined to take.

This book is the first volume of the three-volume series "Kafka's Diary". In it, Kafka uses profound self-reflection to analyze every moment of meaning that life projects onto him. From this we can see his evaluation of famous writers such as Dickens and Goethe, his grasp of the moments of inspiration in his own inner world, his delicate description of the fluctuating and restless state of the spiritual world, and his special psychological world caused by insomnia and strange dreams. The expression of stream of consciousness... Kafka's diary shows the contradiction between time and space in his heart, changes in mental and physical conditions, entanglements in the emotional world, confusion in life, and his thoughts on social ethics. Reading his diary, you can understand the real life state of this lonely and great writer, and provide a reference for understanding the connotation of his literary works and solving the mysteries of his life.

This book is the second volume of the three-volume "Kafka's Diary". It is a compilation of diaries written by Kafka between 1912 and 1914. Kafka always observed his own heart, such as inner indifference, monotony, calmness and other states, and expressed his most acute inner feelings in the diary. It also records his interactions with his friends Max and Welch and some of their views on society and the times. In addition, it can also be seen from the diary that Kafka was a lover of recitation and speech, and also had a deep passion for opera and other performances. It can be said that literature and art are the entirety of Kafka's life and spiritual world.

On a cold snowy night, a land surveyor came to the village, only to find that his destination could never be reached in the years to come; on the morning of his thirtieth birthday, a bank executive was suddenly and inexplicably arrested, and all his efforts for trial were in vain; a traveling salesman woke up from his sleep and turned into a beetle, and the whole world became so strange... In Kafka's writings, the desolation and absurdity of the world, the loneliness and fear of personal survival, exposed the plight of reality to everyone as never before. This collection of Kafka's works consists of five volumes, namely "America", "The Trial", "The Castle", "The Metamorphosis" and "Kafka's Conversations". It contains various classic works of Kafka, including novels, short stories, conversations and family letters. It is diverse in form, rich in content and pays equal attention to fact and fact. It is the first choice for understanding Kafka.

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from his sleep, he was surprised to find that he had been transformed into a huge beetle. But as a migrant worker, Samsa must adapt to this drastic change as soon as possible. After all, he is the breadwinner of the family, and his work cannot be delayed, and there are people from the company behind him to supervise. However, it was the outside world that found it difficult to adapt to Samsa's changes. His boss fled in fear, his father did not hesitate to hurt him, and his sister's pity became unbearable... Finally, Samsa, who was hurt both physically and mentally, passed away quietly, which was an indescribable relief for the family. This is a collection of Kafka's short stories, which selects 46 short stories spanning Kafka's entire literary career, including classics such as "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgment", "In the Exile Camp", "The Country Doctor" and "At the Door of the Law". Most of these works were published during Kafka's lifetime, which rarely reflects the writer's affirmation and love for his own creations.

This book is one of the six volumes of "Designer Joint Book Series·K Classic". "The Judgment" (Das Urteil) is a novel written by Kafka from the evening of September 22 to the early morning of September 23, 1912. It is regarded as an early representative of the formation of Kafka's writing style. It tells the story of a judgment between a father and his son that can push people into the abyss. This book also includes "Der Heizer: Ein Fragment" (Der Heizer: Ein Fragment), which is the first chapter of Kafka's unfinished novel "The Missing" (later renamed "America"). It was written in early 1912 and published by Kurt Wolff Verlag in Germany the following year. The novel tells the story of 16-year-old Carl who went to the United States alone to fight against the unfair treatment of the stoker on the ship.

Land surveyor K was traveling on a snowy night to take up a post at the castle, but was trapped in the village outside the castle and unable to enter the castle. The castle's owner, the earl, never appears, and even his chief of staff is nowhere to be seen, but their influence is everywhere. K did not have a permit to enter the castle, so he tried his best to find a way out from officials' mistresses, messengers, village chiefs, service officials, etc. However, his path of exploration was mired in contradictions and fog, and he could never reach his destination. This is Kafka's last novel, and it is also the culmination of his literary creation and a masterpiece that has a profound influence on later generations. The novel uses an absurd and desperate struggle to describe the hopeless and hopeless existence of people in modern society, while at the same time leaving people with huge space for interpretation from different angles.

Bank executive Joseph K had an enviable job and a promising future. However, on the morning of his thirtieth birthday, a group of men in black appeared in his house and announced that he had been arrested on unknown charges. Such an encounter is really inexplicable. In this way, K started a game with the court over his trial. However, his initial self-confidence was exhausted in the complicated legal procedures, and his efforts to resist were crushed by the slow-moving grand system. As an individual, K eventually reached a point of helplessness like fate. This is Kafka's second novel and a masterpiece with his distinctive style. In this novel, Kafka ruthlessly reveals the existential dilemma that individuals in modern society must face when interacting with the outside world.