In addition to "In the Penal Colony," this author wrote a book in which a man dies "like a dog" after being arrested for no reason, while in another of his books a salesman turns into a cockroach.
One of this man's books opens with a boy meeting his uncle Senator Jakob and a stoker on a ship. This writer described Georg Bendemann jumping off a bridge after being condemned to drown by his father in the story "The Judgement," and in another story, the Officer displays a (*) machine that carves prisoner's sentences on their backs. In addition to "In the Penal Colony," this author wrote a book in which a man dies "like a dog" after being arrested for no reason, while in another of his books a salesman turns into a cockroach. For 10 points, name this German writer who created Joseph K. The Trial and Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis.
One of this man's books opens with a boy meeting his uncle Senator Jakob and a stoker on a ship.
Franz Kafka