Kafka Kahaniyan / کافکا کہانیاں

by Muhammad Asim Butt (Translator), Franz Kafka

Hardcover

About the author

Muhammad Asim Butt (Urdu: محمد عاصم بٹ) is a Pakistani novelist, short story writer, translator, researcher, editor, critic and journalist.
He obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan.
He started his career as a journalist but soon shifted to the development sector as human rights activist.
Butt's work can be categorized into various genres of Urdu literature:

-Fiction
Ishtihaar Aadami (short stories) 1998.
Daira (novel) 2001.
Dastak (short stories) 2010.
Kabhi Na Khatm Hoanay Wali Kahaani (novel)

-Translations
--English to Urdu
So Azeem Aadami (by Michael Hart) 1992.
Muhabbat Key Khatoot (by Khalil Gibran) 1993.
Kafka Kahanian (by Franz Kafka) 1994.
Mukhtasar Tareekh-e-Alam (by H G Wells) 1995.
Marco Polo Ka Safarnama (by Marco Polo) 1999.
Muhammad (by Karen Armstrong) 2002.
Toahamat ki Dunya (by Carl Sagan), 2003.
Jarey Key Phool (Japanese stories) 2003.
Sarif Nama (introduction of consumer rights) 2004.

--Urdu to English
Tale of Four Saints (Retelling of Persian classic tale ‘Qissah Chahaar Darvaish’ into English)

-Research/Criticism
Doosra Aadami (interviews) 1993
Pakistan Sal Ba Sal (research) 1999
Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun, 2009
Democracy, 2010
Insaani Haqooq aur Urdu Sahaafat, 2005

Reviews

[Dr Tanzeel · Rating 2 out of 5]

some stories are really good translated....otherwise translation is not so good as during translation plot of the stories has been severely destroyed and they are not able to cast the Kafka impression on their readers...more or less I am disappointed with this book...