HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of bestloved essential classicsIts only because of their stupidity that theyre able to be so sure of themselvesOn the morning of his thirtieth birthday Josef K is arrested for an unspecified crime One morning Gregor Samsa opens his eyes to discover that he has been transformed into a monstrous bug Josef K finds himself drawn into a quasilegal labyrinth while Gregor is imprisoned in his own horrific body Strange and provocative these tales bear down on the essential nature of Man our desires our hopes and our fearsPublished to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of publication these remarkably prescient stories remain essential reading Unparalleled in its originality Kafkas writing gave birth to its own adjective Kafkaesque a rare feat and one that changed the course of modern literature