Contemplation by Franz Kafka Subject: Contemporary Literature Publisher: Twisted Spoon Press (Czech Republic) Edition Our Price inc. p&p Status first edition hardback, 72pp, ISBN 809012576X, 1996 N/A out of print

Contemplation, Kafka's first published book (1913), was one of the few to appear in his lifetime. Composed of eighteen short prose poems, the book as a whole displays the full range of Kafka's compact metaphorical style. In this new translation, Kevin Blahut has been faithful to the original German while rendering it in a fresh, contemporary English. This edition is complimented by eighteen illustrations by Fedele Spadafora, attesting to the lasting inspiration of Kafka's prose.