Prague born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German and his stories such as site_link The Metamorphosis 1916 and posthumously published novels including site_link The Trial 1925 concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world. Jewish middle class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing mainly published posthumously among the most influential in European literature His stories include The Metamorphosis 1912 and site_link In the Penal Colony 1914 whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial 1925 site_link The Castle 1926 and site_link Amerika 1927. Despite first language Kafka also spoke fluent Czech Later Kafka acquired some knowledge of Prague born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German and his stories such as site_link The Metamorphosis 1916 and posthumously published novels including site_link The Trial 1925 concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world. Jewish middle class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing mainly published posthumously among the most influential in European literature His stories include The Metamorphosis 1912 and site_link In the Penal Colony 1914 whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial 1925 site_link The Castle 1926 and site_link Amerika 1927. Despite first language Kafka also spoke fluent Czech Later Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from site_link Flaubert one of his favorite authors Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law This study offered a range of career possibilities which pleased his father and required a longer course of study that gave Kafka time to take classes in German studies and art history At the university he joined a student club named Lese und Redehalle der Deutschen Studenten which organized literary events readings and other activities In the end of his first year of studies he met site_link Max Brod a close friend of his throughout his life together with the journalist site_link Felix Weltsch who also studied law Kafka obtained the degree of doctor of law on 18 June 1906 and performed an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts Writing of Kafka attracted little attention before his death During his lifetime he published only a few short stories and never finished any of his novels except the very short The Metamorphosis Kafka wrote to Max Brod his friend and literary executor Dearest Max my last request Everything I leave behind me in the way of diaries manuscripts letters my own and others sketches and so on is to be burned unread Brod told Kafka that he intended not to honor these wishes but Kafka so knowing nevertheless consequently gave these directions specifically to Brod who so reasoning overrode these wishes Brod in fact oversaw the publication of most of work of Kafka in his possession these works quickly began to attract attention and high critical regard Max Brod encountered significant difficulty in compiling notebooks of Kafka into any chronological order as Kafka started writing in the middle of notebooks from the last towards the first et cetera. Kafka wrote all his published works in German except several letters in Czech to Milena Jesensk site_link Cuatro tomos con el mismo ISBN Contiene Contemplaci nLa condenaEl fogoneroLa metamorfosis Relatos completos 1 Relatos completos 1 Los relatos mas antiguos son 2 5 y La metamorfosis 4 5 9875033979 .