La metamorfosis (Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Kuper, Peter; Kafka, Franz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8496815021 ISBN 13: 9788496815025

Publisher: ASTIBERRI EDICIONES, 2016

Synopsis

Franz Kafka nacio en Praga en 1883. Aunque practicamente desconocido en vida, actualmente se le valora como uno los escritores mas influyentes del siglo veinte. Su relato La metamorfosis, originalmente escrito en aleman en 1915, esta considerado como su obra maestra: Cuando Gregorio Samsa se desperto una manana despues de un sueno intranquilo, se encontro sobre su cama convertido en un monstruoso insecto. Estaba tumbado sobre su espalda dura, y en forma de caparazon y, al levantar un poco la cabeza veia un vientre abombado, parduzco, dividido por partes duras en forma de arco, sobre cuya protuberancia apenas podia mantenerse el cobertor, a punto ya de resbalar al suelo. Sus muchas patas, ridiculamente pequenas en comparacion con el resto de su tamano, le vibraban desamparadas ante los ojos

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About the Author

Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASTIBERRI EDICIONES
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 8496815021
• ISBN 13: 9788496815025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 80