What are the best stories by Franz Kafka?

Well-known to be one of the best short story writers of his century, Franz Kafka turns up in school curriculums and must-read lists often – and for good reason. His stories border between realism and the wacky in ways that make us question what we know about life, humanity, and writing itself. read more

Franz Kafka's stories, themes and plots, such as they are, tapped a pulse in humanity, almost a century ahead of their time. It is fascinating to me that Kafka died, essentially in obscurity. Meanwhile his friend and fellow author who, (luckily for us) preserved FK's manuscripts from being buried by the sands of time, and even worse, Nazi conflagrations, was, at the time, the more well-read writer. read more