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One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and struggles to adjust to this condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, who have ...
With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man.
A story of Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, who wakes up one day to discover that he has metamorphosed into a bug, The Metamorphosis is a book that concerns itself with the themes of alienation, disillusionment and existentialism.
- Franz Kafka
Overview. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, written in 1912 and published in 1915, is a surreal and existential novella that explores the themes of alienation, absurdity, and the dehumanizing effects of modern life.
Aug 17, 2005 · Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Horror. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of...
Oct 23, 2021 · The Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the most famous of Kafka's works, along with The Trial and The Castle. The story begins when a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect.
Jun 20, 2024 · The Metamorphosis, symbolic story by Austrian writer Franz Kafka, published in German as Die Verwandlung in 1915. The opening sentence of The Metamorphosis has become one of the most famous in Western literature: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in.
A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction.
Oct 17, 2010 · The Metamorphosis Paperback – October 17, 2010. by Franz Kafka (Author) 4.1 12,264 ratings. See all formats and editions. Often cited as one of the most influential works of short fiction of the 20th century, Metamorphosis is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world.
- Franz Kafka
