A cage went in search of a bird : ten Kafkaesque stories

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"What happens when Kafka's idiosyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary minds writing in English across the globe today? Find out in this anthology of brand-new Kafka-inspired short stories by prizewinning, bestselling writers"-- Provided by publisher.

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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Influence

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Fiction Short stories

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ISBN:

9781646222636

Edition:

First Catapult edition

Description:

xiv, 209 pages ; 21 cm

Contents:

Introduction / Becca Rothfield
Art hotel / Ali Smith
Return to the museum / Joshua Cohen
The board / Elif Batuman
God's doorbell / Naomi Alderman
The hurt / Tommy Orange
Hygiene / Helen Oyeyemi
The landlord / Keith Ridgway
Apostrophe's dream / Yiyun Li
Headache / Leone Ross
This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing / Charlie Kaufman

LCCN:

2024930397

Control Number:

3347208

Other Authors:

Alderman, Naomi, author
Batuman, Elif, 1977- author
Cohen, Joshua, 1980- author
Kaufman, Charlie, 1958- author
Li, Yiyun, 1972- author
Orange, Tommy, 1982- author
Oyeyemi, Helen, author
Ridgway, Keith, 1965- author
Ross, Leone, 1969- author
Rothfeld, Becca, writer of introduction
Smith, Ali, author

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