Parables and Paradoxes

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Parables and Paradoxes (Parabeln und Paradoxe) is a billingual edition of selected writings by Franz Kafka edited by Nahum N. Glatzer (Schocken Books, 1961). In this volume of collected pieces, Kafka re-examines and rewrites some basic mythical tales of Ancient Israel, Hellas, the Far East, and the West, making them creations of his own imagination.