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thumb|Cover of ''The Sons'', Schocken Books, 1989
'''''The Sons''''' is a collection of stories by Franz Kafka.
In 1913 Kafka wrote to his publisher Kurt Wolff requesting that three of his stories be placed in a single volume: <blockquote> "''The Stoker'', ''The Metamorphosis'', and ''The Judgment'' belong together, both inwardly and outwardly. There is an obvious connection among the three, and, even more important, a secret one, for which reason I would be reluctant to forgo the chance of having them published together in a book, which might be called The Sons."<ref>Quoted on the back cover, Kafka, Franz. ''The Sons''. New York: Schocken Books, 1989 {{ISBN|0-8052-0886-0}}</ref> </blockquote>
The volume, published by Schocken Books, also includes Kafka's ''Letter to His Father'', which could be seen as another "son story", in this case located somewhere between fiction and autobiography.
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