Amerika

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xviii, 297, [3] pp. Translated by Edwin Muir, preface by Klaus Mann, afterword by Max Brod, illustrations by Emlen Etting. Kafka’s first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure, finds himself “packed off to America” by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in this magical land of opportunity, young Karl is swept up instead in a whirlwind of dizzying reversals, strange escapades, and picaresque adventures. Show more