The Metamorphosis: The Illustrated Edition, (Paperback)

from stephmo

Kuper's adaptation of Kafka's work manages to humanize Gregor's dehumanization and while simplifying the text, enhances the story in the stark black and white drawings reminiscent of wodcuttings free to occasionally break the bounds of their square boundaries. While Gregor's plight can ultimately...

from artlibby

Follow one of the world's most famous short stories through an illustrator's lens in this 2003 adaptation. Gregor Samsa awakens for work one day to find himself transformed into a bug. His world quickly darkens as his fate unravels. The illustrations capture the darkness of Gregor's new reality, ...

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This graphic novel is a great visualization of Kafka's work. The heavy-handed, dark artwork matches Gregor's existential crisis, getting progressively darker throughout the story. Some of the framing is excellent! I especially liked the one scene where the narration scuttled around the page as Gr...

from sweetiegherkin

This book is an interesting twist on a classic short story. It is presented here as a graphic novel. The textual adaptation is well done and quite faithful to the original. The dark, moody drawings add to the gloomy atmosphere of the narrative. However, in some of the scenes, the sister is depict...

from sweetiegherkin

This book is an interesting twist on a classic short story. It is presented here as a graphic novel. The textual adaptation is well done and quite faithful to the original. The dark, moody drawings add to the gloomy atmosphere of the narrative. However, in some of the scenes, the sister is depict...