Metamorphosis - The Original Classic Edition

from ts.

I read the Bantam classic edition. It's 200 pages long, with only 60 being the actual story, and the rest being essays and critical analysis. I have to say that the analysis made me respect the novella so much more. When you read something casually you don't pick up on repetitions and elements, b...

from BooksOn23rd

I don't know why I thought reading Kafka might be difficult. The Metamorphosis is just a story about a guy who wakes up as a beetle. A very large beetle. What's so difficult about that?His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, were waving helplessly before his eyes....

from Eric_J._Guignard

REVIEWED: The MetamorphosisWRITTEN BY: Franz KafkaPUBLISHED: MONTH, YEAR"The Metamorphosis" is an enjoyable read, not difficult (as is often the expectation of classic literature), and interesting, in a unique, quiet way. It's also overrated and, in my opinion, unsatisfying. The publisher's overv...

from TheCriticalTimes

Probably the first thing you learn when you start a creative writing program is that you never ever start a novel with: "When I woke up this morning ...". Kafka's Metamorphosis starts with essentially that, but not in first person perspective. A clerk/office worker/ salesman wakes up one morning ...

from TrebleClef

I find myself sort of going back and forth between a 3.5 and 4 star rating, what we have here is a brilliant little novella... but it would help if it were longer. I can't help but feel it would have benefited greatly from a little more material, would have made it feel far more complete. I still...