About this title: Excellent new English translations of title story (considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work), plus "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." Note.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780486290300ISBN:0486290301
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, bend on bottom corner of front cover, 'used' sticker on spine, bend on top corner of back cover, stk #2402s8. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 96 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780486290300ISBN:0486290301
Description: Very Good. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges. 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
"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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