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The Metamorphosis (Paperback)
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The Metamorphosis (Paperback)
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"Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the
predicament of modern man."-W.H. Auden "The common experience of
Kafka's readers is one of general and vague fascination, even in
stories they fail to understand, a precise recollection of strange
and seemingly absurd images and descriptions-until one day the
hidden meaning reveals itself to them with the sudden evidence of a
truth simple and incontestable." -Hannah Arendt With the profoundly
unsettling story of Gregor Samsa's transformation into a gigantic
insect, The Metamorphosis (1915) is Franz Kafka's best-known work
and one of the most influential pieces of 20th century literature.
Without ever leaving the setting of a single apartment, the notion
of a vast disaffection takes on universal truths about the tolls of
modern work and the mind-body divide. In the defining opening, "As
Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself
transformed in his bed into a giant insect.", Franz Kafka begins
what is one of the most analyzed and debated works of existential
dread. As Gregor becomes acquainted with his new form, his boss
arrives to reprimand him on his tardiness at work, and his family
discovers the horrifying truth of his shocking condition. Although
his sister takes measures to care for Gregor, eventually his family
resents his existence as the reader is inexplicable drawn into his
terrifying state of isolation. Both humane and repulsive, The
Metamorphosis is an essential read of the modern classics.
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