The Sons (Schocken Kafka Library Sarah Bird friendships and writing in this

friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays

the mother

crashes into his life

children learn how different animals compare in size: from the tall turkey to the enormous blue whale

The Sons (Schocken Kafka Library Sarah Bird friendships and writing in thisI have only one request," Kafka wrote to his publisher Kurt Wolff in 1913. "'The Stoker,' 'The Metamorphosis,' and 'The Judgment' belong together, both inwardly and outwardly. There is an obvious connection among the three, and, even more important, a secret one, for which reason I would be reluctant to forego the chance of having them published together in a book, which might be called The Sons."From the Trade Paperback edition.