Posts Tagged ‘Franz Kafka’

Library Addition: Franz Kafka’s A Little Scarlet Book of the Surreal

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026

Another Borderlands Little Book:

Kafka, Franz. A Little Scarlet Book of the Surreal. Borderlands Press, 2026. First edition hardback, #463 of 350 copies signed by editor Ben Keefe (Borderlands: “we only print 350 copies but if anyone has matching numbers above 350, we make sure they continue to get it”), a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Collection including eight stories, of which “In the Penal Colony” is probably the most famous.

(White smudges are scanner artifacts.)

I will have a small number of copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, currently in progress.

Library Addition: Jonathan Lethem’s K is for Fake

Monday, January 12th, 2026

An odd chapbook find from my trip to Houston:

Lethem, Jonathan. K is for Fake. McSweeney’s Quarterly, 2000. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Story about Franz Kafka from the then-forthcoming Kafka Americana. Bought for $10 from The Little Book House in the Woods in Spring, Texas.

Obviously I’m a sucker for weirdo SF/F chapbooks…