Franz Kafka

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

The Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the most famous of Kafka's works, along with The Trial and The Castle. The story begins when a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Curiously, his condition does not arouse surprise in his family, who merely despise it as an impending burden. As with all of Kafka's works, The Metamorphosis is open to a wide range of interpretations. Most obvious are themes relating to society's treatment of those who are different, the loneliness of isolation, and the absurdity of the human condition. Newly designed and typeset for easy reading by Boomer Books.

The Metamorphosis

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Malcolm Pasley

Illinois

"Had one to name the author who comes nearest to bearing the same kind of relations to our age as Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe bore to theirs, Kafka is the first one would think of." —W. H. Auden


 

Stanley Corngold

California

Writings by and about Kafka and textual notes accompany his translations of his early twentieth-century work about Gregor Samsa, an ordinary man who wakes up one morning only to discover that he has been transformed into a monstrous insect and must deal with his physical alteration, as well as the alienation from his family. Reprint.

Natural wear and tear on edges and spine, creases on back cover

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Minnesota

The best-known novellas and stories of one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century. Included are "The Judgment, " "A Country Doctor, " and "A Hunger Artist." New Foreword by Anne Rice.

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

New Jersey

And Other Stories

Stanley Appelbaum

Well loved copy. Some wear to corners and labeled for school use. 

Michigan

Superb collection by modern master explores the complexity, anxiety, and futility of modern life. Excellent new English translations of the title story — considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work — plus "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an Academy." A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Susan Bernofsky

David Cronenberg

Texas

When Gregor Samsa awakens one morning, he discovers that he has changed into a giant dung beetle.

The harrowing absurdist tale of the man who wakes up as a cockroach (spoiler alert).

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

New York

A collection of the author's prose poems, sketches, stories, and allegories includes the three-act novelette The Metamorphosis and a special translation of The Penal Colony Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

Washington

Only yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on fiercely by his ungrateful family. This morning, Gregor awakens to discover that, overnight, he has been transformed into a monstrous insect. As Gregor frantically tries to conceal his predicament, neither his family nor his unsympathetic employer accept that a terrible metamorphosis has upended his existence. Is Gregor's condition only temporary? Will he eventually revert back to the person he was and resume his normal life? Or might he have to accept that his transformation is only an outward expression of how he--and those in his life--actually see him? First published in 1915, Kafka's best-known tale has inspired numerous interpretations for more than a century and helped to establish the term "Kafkaesque" as a reference to a bizarre and nightmarish experience. This collection of his short fiction, in a new translation, includes more than 30 of his short stories and sketches, including "In the Penal Colony," "The Stoker," "The Judgment," "A Country Doctor," "A Hunger Artist," and more.

Montana

Pennsylvania

This used to belong to my English teacher, so the spine has been taped and there are initials along the top. One page is creased.

Jason Baker

Donna Freed

Besides the title piece, this collection includes some of his best stories, in the penal colony, a hunger artist, and the judgment, among others. 

Alabama

Often cited as one of the most influential works of short fiction of the 20th century, Metamorphosis is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written..."

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