The Metamorphosis and Other Stories: Signature Editions
Autor Franz Kafkaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2023
Franz Kafka's literary acclaim would largely come after his death from tuberculosis in 1924. Cited as one of the most important authors of the 20th century his works feature the recurrent themes of alienation, anxiety, and guilt. Critics differ on how to interpret Kafka; is the hopelessness of his protagonist's situations a commentary on the existential absurdity of the human condition or is he trying to evoke a mood of surrealistic humor? Such questions speak to the complexity and depth of his compositions. No work more exemplifies his unique genius than "The Metamorphosis," the strange story of a man, Gregor Samsa, who awakes one morning to mysteriously find himself transformed into some kind of bug-like vermin. Through this impossible transformation, for which there exists no fateful explanation, Kafka seems to rebuke the notion that "things happen for a reason." Rather than being punished for some moral failing, Gregor is stricken with his condition by chance. What follows is a decent into an ever more isolating alienation from his family who have come to depend on him and the income his job provides. "The Metamorphosis" is collected with nine other short stories in this representative volume of Kafka's work. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translations of Ian Johnston.
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ISBN-10: 1435172302
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 202 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: UNION SQUARE & CO
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Descriere
"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 inadequecy, guilt, and isolation, "The Metamorphosis" has taken its place as one of the mosst 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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In addition to the title selection, considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work, this collection includes "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." Stanley Appelbaum has provided excellent new English translation of the stories and a brief Note placing them within Kafka's oeuvre.