'If I think about it; and I have the time and inclination and capacity to do so; we dogs are an odd lot.' How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher; Kafka explores the limits of knowledge. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series; with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary; international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin; Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan; New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.