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Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find... Read Full Overview

Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold Featuring essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling,... Read Full Overview

The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been called one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking... Read Full Overview

Rediscover a Literary Classic: "The Metamorphosis" and Its Timeless Themes One morning, Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to discover that his body has transformed into a gigantic insect. This shocking metamorphosis sets the stage for one of the most famous and unsettling... Read Full Overview

Edici n de bolsillo en tapa blanda completa y revisada.La metamorfosis relata la peripecia subterr nea y literal de Gregor Samsa, un viajante de comercio que al despertarse una ma ana de un sue o lleno de pesadillas se encontr en su cama convertido en un bicho enorme.La metamorfosis... Read Full Overview

This hardback gift edition presents Franz Kafka's celebrated novella, Metamorphosis, featuring a silver embossed cover design, patterned endpapers and gilded page edges.

Gregor Samsa wakes up as an insect, a metamorphosis that not only affects his exterior aspect, his outer shell, but also his interior, his thoughts and his attitude towards life. During this process he will ask himself questions such as Who are we? How do others see us? Can... Read Full Overview