Description: New. Slight shelf wear. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has a dampstain to the bottom of most pages. Text is totally readable. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. slight wear to cover edges; sticker on front cover; no marks or writing within text; RTB1022. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Barnes & Noble Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hesperus Pr, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781843914099ISBN:1843914093
Description: Good. Good and bad. The bad shows itself in the page edge that seems uneven and chunked out. This is at the lower spine. The good is that this problem does not affect clear flowing text in reinforced library covers. Economically priced due to the condition. read more
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Very clean, bright & tight softcover--tiny bit of edgewear to cover, no marks or blemishes, inside or out. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Barnes & Noble Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781566199704ISBN:1566199700
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. clean, straight, well bound and unmarked, dustjacket has a little edgewear at the top of the spine, no tears, chips or stains. 218 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"The Metamorphosis follows the life of Gregor Samsa, an ordinary traveling salesman who is transformed into a large bug. The sometimes humorous, oftentimes pitiful, and usually saddening treatment Gregor then endures at the hands of his own family make for a deeply affecting story.
This novella had me hooked from page one. Gregor is the average joe who strives to care for a family that doesn't truly appreciate him to begin with. His transformation into this disgusting creatures brings to light a rift within the family that was never noticed before. Gregor is the type of person who strives to please everyone and his transformation forces him to become something that is entirely different from himself. He is, for once, almost free; but in his new freedom, he becomes trapped. He becomes a living creature, but a living, dead man.
The Metamorphosis paints a hauntingly painful picture of life in a world that is both unaccepting and cruel. It was an excellent read and I highly recommend reading it."
"i only read the metamorphosis - i couldn't find a stand-alone version at the library.
did you know -- according to wikipedia, "Vladimir Nabokov, who was a lepidopterist as well as writer and literary critic, insisted that Gregor was not a cockroach, but a beetle with wings under his shell, and capable of flight - if only he had known it."
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"I absolutely loved "The Metamorphosis." The fact that I really identify with Kafka, and felt Samsa's alienation and vulnerability, along with the fact that his mother was afraid of him (or didn't like him), really hit the donkey in the ass. What I like about this book is the way the author played with an unconventional, while very traditional, style and voice. I found that the writing would be at home in a Victorian salon, or a Lower East Side coffee shop. Highly recommended."
"I thought this was interesting while I was reading, and enjoyed it to some extant, but really don't think the short story is for me. I always feel let down at the end that there was no resolution or context. And for me this often translates into no real meaning. Kafka in particular is without interpretation and so all the reader really has is a few pages about a courtier running through a palace or a man that turns into a bug. The end."
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