'One of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century'Elias CanettiWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRWELLOne morning,Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. In'Metamorphosis'and the other famous stories included here,Kafka explores the confusing nature of human experience with sly wit and compelling originality.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780749399535Number of pages: 240Weight: 180 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 20 mm
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He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to himI think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art,as approachable as it is strange,and as strange as it is approachable
Franz Kafka
One of the most influential authors of the 20th Century,Franz Kafka was a Bohemian novelist and short story writer,best known for The Trial and The Metamorphosis.
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