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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Franz Kafka
Translated by Christopher Moncrieff
SeriesAlma Classics Evergreens
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 135
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781847493521
ClassificationsDewey:833.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Imprint Alma Classics
Publication Date 15 June 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work and having to reveal his appearance to family and colleagues. Although over the following weeks he gradually becomes used to this new existence confined within the bounds of the apartment, and his parents and sister adapt to living with a grotesque bug, Gregor notices that their attitudes towards him are changing and he feels increasingly alienated. One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature, 'The Metamorphosis' is accompanied in this volume by a selection of other classic tales and sketches by Kafka - such as 'The Judgement', 'In the Penal Colony' and 'A Country Doctor' - all presented in a lively and meticulous new translation by Christopher Moncrieff.

Author Biography

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was one of the giants of twentieth-century German literature. His stories, such as The Metamorphosis (1915), and novels, including The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal and bureaucratic world. His writing is among the most influential in Western culture, although much of it is incomplete and was only published posthumously.