The Metamorphosis (Bantam Classics (Pb))

Kafka, Franz

ISBN 10: 0812417496 ISBN 13: 9780812417494

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1972

Synopsis

"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, "The Metamorphosis." It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing -- though absurdly comic -- meditation on human feelings of inadequecy, guilt, and isolation, "The Metamorphosis" has taken its place as one of the mosst widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."

About this title

About the Author:

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His major novels include The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0812417496
• ISBN 13: 9780812417494
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 194
• Editor: Corngold Professor Stanley