Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis

By Franz Kafka

  • Release Date: 1924-06-03
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
4 Score: 4 (From 4,265 Ratings)

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Book Synopsis

The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as 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 to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become.

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  • One of a kind

    4
    By sauidzeee
    I picked up this book because I wanted something quick to read, but I am left totally empty after finishing this novel. A unique story that encapsulates the readers mind into inquiry and all consuming sadness. I often questioned how it would end and though I predicted it, I was still left devastated.

  • um uh pjsekai samsa silly

    5
    By slayy ✨✨
    i love the song and also the book uh is good its sad but its interesting ^_^

  • Metamorphosis

    2
    By mynamesnotmary
    Mannnn I really wanted to like this book, but I found myself absolutely trudging through it. The entire time I was feeling like okay c’mon wrap it up. It’s an elusive and a poetic play on the struggles of who’s someone being nursed, and someone doing the nursing (family dynamic). A story I can’t entirely relate to or have the means to care about (at least in this drawn out format). Shoulda coulda woulda recommended it as a short story. Yeesh

  • zamuza

    5
    By oasay
    za-za-zamuza <3 (Nightcord at 25:00 reference)

  • Metamorphosis

    5
    By toothpost
    Very disturbing.

  • me too gregor

    3
    By wiish i neverrr
    how he died....so disappointed

  • Man to animal – was he ever indeed a man?

    3
    By LeonF63
    Perhaps you read this story as a teenager in high school as part of your college-bound reading list. I certainly did, remembering two things: a cockroach and an apple slice. The rest of the details had alluded to me until I re-read this as an adult. One morning, Gregor Samsa, awake from uneasy dreams, found himself transformed into a gigantic insect in his bed. Things only get worse from there. As you may imagine, the family is not thrilled with the appearance of a giant insect in one of the bedrooms. Fear, hesitation, and confusion are all present. What is the family to do? Kill it, feed it, maybe drive it outside and away from home. Gregor becomes a member to hide so that he doesn’t disgrace his family or cause a situation that decreases the family’s stature in their social circles. His inability to communicate with his family makes him an outsider in his own home; his life offers no joy or direction, and he is an alienated man.

  • Better than bugs life

    5
    By Dr. 7 Schwartz
    A very relatable story

  • Disturbing and Beautiful

    5
    By stoneflyfish
    Kafka writes the strangest of stories. Stories that never seen to provide tremendous peaks in drama but slow and bothersome narrative.

  • Metamorphosis

    1
    By Miller18pk
    Weird boring and waste of time to read 👎🏾 In future I’ll send just stick to my business reading and nonfiction topics

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