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1、SELECTEDshortstoriesofFranzKafkaTRANSLATEDBYWillaandEdwinMuirINTRODUCTIONBYPhillipRahvTHEMODERNLIBRARYNEWYORK-iii-Copyright,1936,1937,byHeinr.MercySohn,PragueCopyright,1946,1948,bySchockenBooks,Inc.Copyright,1952,byRandomHouse,Inc.LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:52-9771RandomHouseISTHE
2、PYBLISHEROFTheModernLibraryBENNETTA.CERFDONALDS.KOLPFERROBERTK.HAASManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaPrintedbyParkwayPrintingCompanyBoundbyH.Wolff-iv-ContentsIntroductionbyPhilipRahvviiTheJudgment3TheMetamorphosis19InthePenalColony90TheGreatWallofChina129ACountryDoctor148ACommonConfus
3、ion157TheNewAdvocate159AnOldManuscript161AFratricide165AReporttoanAcademy168TheHunterGracchus181AHungerArtist188InvestigationsofaDog202TheBurrow256JosephinetheSinger,ortheMouseFolk305-v-[Thispageintentionallyleftblank.]-vi-IntroductionBYPHILIPRAHVTHOUGHTHEWORKofFranzKafkahasbutlately'been
4、madeavailabletoreaders,hisnameistodayfirmlylinkedintheliterarymindtosuchnamesasJoyceandProustandYeatsandRilkeandEliot--the"sacreduntouchables,"astheyhavebeenrightlycalled,ofthemoderncreativeline.Amongthemheisexceptionalinthatheenjoyednopublicrecognitionofconsequenceduringhislifetime,forhe
5、withheldhislongernarrativesfrompublicationandwasscarcelyknownbeyondanarrowcircleofGermanwriters.Hisposthumousworld-famecametohimonlyinthepasttwodecades.Thefirsttranslationofoneofhisbooksappearedinthiscountryin1930,sixyearsafterhisdeath.ThatbookwasTheCastle,anovelthatrankshighintheKafkacan
6、on.Fewreaderswerethenabletogaugeitstrueworth,andevenaslateas1937,whenTheTrialwasbroughtouthere,itwaschieflyKafka'sapparentmystificationsratherthanhispatternofmeaningandbasicmotivesthatarousedinterest.Readerswereastonishedbyhimbuthardlyconvincedofhisimportance.Sincethenhisidiosyncraticbutp
7、owerfulsensibilityhasen--vii-teredintothebloodstreamoftwentieth-centuryliterature.Hehasbeenmadethesubjectofnumerouscriticalstudiesinmanylanguages;andeverywherethemoresensitiveyoungerwriters,consciousofthestaticconditionoftheprevailingfictionaltechniquesandseekingacr
