Two Unexpectedly Hilarious Kafka Stories

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. In biological science, anthropomorphism is best avoided; nonhuman organisms should be studied on their own terms, without human qualities projected onto them. But that rule goes out the window in fiction—especially the kind in which animals are the main characters. As a child, the writer Rachel Vorona Cote was captivated by novels told from the perspective of chatty puppies and noble…