La muerte de Iván Ilich

Gregor Samsa wakes up turned into a giant insect and his family has to deal with it. Kafka's novella reads in an afternoon and stays with you for weeks.

Franz Kafka

Marlow's journey up the Congo River in search of the mysterious Kurtz. A short, dense novella about colonialism and the limits of civilization.

Joseph Conrad

A lonely dreamer meets Nastenka over four summer nights in St. Petersburg. Dostoevsky at his most tender and most accessible.

Fyodor Dostoevsky