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MPN
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ISBN
0553213695
Book Title
Metamorphosis
Item Length
6.9in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year
1972
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
Franz Kafka
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Classics, Literary
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
4 Oz
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis . It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553213695
ISBN-13
9780553213690
eBay Product ID (ePID)
118434

Product Key Features

Book Title
Metamorphosis
Author
Franz Kafka
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Classics, Literary
Publication Year
1972
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pn6727
Reviews
"Kafka's survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: 'With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father's Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground.' There is a sense in which Kafka's Jewish question ('What have I in common with Jews?') has become everybody's question, Jewish alienation the template for all our doubts. What is Muslimness? What is femaleness? What is Polishness? These days we all find our anterior legs flailing before us. We're all insects, all Ungeziefer, now." -Zadie Smith "Kafka engaged in no technical experiments whatsoever; without in any way changing the German language, he stripped it of its involved constructions until it became clear and simple, like everyday speech purified of slang and negligence. 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 From the Trade Paperback edition., "Kafka's survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: 'With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father's Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground.' There is a sense in which Kafka's Jewish question ('What have I in common with Jews?') has become everybody's question, Jewish alienation the template for all our doubts. What is Muslimness? What is femaleness? What is Polishness? These days we all find our anterior legs flailing before us. We're all insects, all Ungeziefer, now." --Zadie Smith   "Kafka engaged in no technical experiments whatsoever; without in any way changing the German language, he stripped it of its involved constructions until it became clear and simple, like everyday speech purified of slang and negligence. 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 
Copyright Date
1972
Lccn
00-003440
Dewey Decimal
833.912
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by medbryort
    Jul 08, 2019

    Great book

    So sad yet so powerful.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by bpkts
    Aug 22, 2017

    Good

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  • by arash55
    Nov 07, 2009

    A quick and thought provooking read.

    I bought this because it was the shortest book on a list of books I could read for english. (55 pages!) The book was pretty good, and it can have many different interpretations. The book can be read at face value for the story line, but it can also be read very insightfully.

  • by HziPjMyMReO@Deleted
    Jan 07, 2010

    Amazingly written work

    Kafa paints a picture so dark in this book you feel almost in his shoes. This work is by no means daunting or a long read but the depth of this work is truly amazing and this is a MSG read for anyone with a love of literature

  • by ddfoxracing
    Sep 17, 2010

    METAMORPHOSIS

    NEEDED IT FOR SCHOOL. WAS PRICED THE BEST AROUND,CHECKED ALL THE LOCAL BOOK STORES. MOST OF THEM HAD TO ORDER IT. THIS WAS RIGHT IN STOCK AND WAS SHIPPED I A TIMLY MATTER.

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