A collection of ten Kafkaesque short stories by acclaimed authors, exploring themes of entrapment and absurdity.
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A collection of ten Kafkaesque short stories by acclaimed authors, exploring themes of entrapment and absurdity.
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[The authors] offer narratives of baffling circumscriptions, illnesses, miscommunications, and technologies. But the stories also make space for potentiality, with characters witnessing change or glimpsing future possibilities—putting Kafka’s turn-of-the-century disillusionment into conversation with our own.” —Poets & Writers · With contributions from: Naomi Alderman, Elif Batuman, Joshua Cohen, Charlie Kaufman, Yiyun Li, Tommy Orange, Helen Oyeyemi, Keith Ridgway, Leone Ross, and Ali S
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Minor references to unsettling or bizarre situations; no graphic violence depicted.
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Moderate social commentary on bureaucracy and entrapment in modern life.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Moderate themes of systemic suffering and powerlessness in Kafkaesque settings.
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