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Metamorphosis

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Description for Metamorphosis Paperback. One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. The author explores the confusing nature of human experience with compelling originality. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.

'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century' Elias Canetti

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRWELL

One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. In 'Metamorphosis' and the other famous stories included here, Kafka explores the confusing nature of human experience with sly wit and compelling originality.

Product Details

Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749399535
SKU
V9780749399535
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About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was born into a Jewish family in Prague. In 1906 he received a doctorate in jurisprudence, and for many years he worked a tedious job as a civil service lawyer investigating claims at the State Worker's Accident Insurance Institute. He never married, and published only a few slim volumes of stories during his lifetime. Meditation, a collection ... Read more

Reviews for Metamorphosis
He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him
Vladimir Nabokov I think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable
Michael Hofmann ... Read more

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