The Metamorphosis (Paperback) by Franz Kafka

from ricardob

Metamorphosis is a novella written by Franz Kafka. It's a tragic parable about a man who wakes up as an insect and the subsequent exclusion from society and eventually, his family.This is so wonderfully written and paced and the message, so strong in its dark tones, is very balanced with the narr...

from iHalo

"This was my first time reading Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'. My particular course of study did not encompass works of a philosophical nature, so this is new to me. For those of you that have not read The Metamorphosis, I don't want to get into too much detail, as I think it would spoil the ...

from iHalo

"This was my first time reading Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'. My particular course of study did not encompass works of a philosophical nature, so this is new to me. For those of you that have not read The Metamorphosis, I don't want to get into too much detail, as I think it would spoil the ...

from MariaSavva

A man wakes up one day to find he has been changed into a large insect/beetle. The story follows his efforts to deal with this, and his family's reaction to the change. But it's not just a story about a man turning into a beetle, it's a clever way of writing about how a family would deal with the...

from LisaMaria_C

This is a hard book to nail down. That despite the fact that the basic (infamous) premise is revealed in the first sentence. It was about all I knew about Kafka or The Metamorphosis when I started the book--that the "hero" wakes up as a cockroach: As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dre...