- Fiction, Literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author)
Gregor Samsa hates his job. He works himself to exhaustion as a traveling salesman to support a family that takes him for granted. One morning, his whole life changes. He wakes up to discover that he has turned into a giant insect. As he and his family come to grips with the fantastical event, The Metamorphosis explores themes of alienation, family loyalty, and unconditional love.
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Prestige, intimate, spare and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Franz Kafka
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Penguin Books, Barnes & Noble World Digital Library
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780594105701
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Franz Kafka (gelegentlich tschechisch František Kafka, 3. Juli 1883, Prag, Österreich-Ungarn-3. Juni 1924, Kierling, Österreich) war ein österreichisch-tschechoslowakischer Schriftsteller. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Prager deutschen Literatur und der deutschsprachigen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Werke – darunter die drei Romanfragmente *Der Process, Das Schloss* und *Der Verschollene* sowie zahlreiche Erzählungen – gehören zum Kanon der Weltliteratur. Kafkas Werke wurden zum größeren Teil erst nach seinem Tod und gegen seine letztwillige Verfügung von Max Brod veröffentlicht, einem engen Freund und Vertrauten, den Kafka zu seinem Nachlassverwalter bestimmt ha
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