Though this Czech was not known for humor, his 1927 comic novel was about a young European's life in "Amerika"
[DOC] [TLE] Franz Kafka (Author of The Metamorphosis) - Goodreads [PAR] His stories include The Metamorphosis (1912) and In the Penal Colony (1914), 
while his novels are The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).