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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Paperback)

by Franz Kafka (Author), Ritchie Robertson (Author), Joyce Crick (Translator)
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Bracing surprises for buffs as well as an easy passage into the labyrinth for newcomers. Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

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'When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin.' With a bewildering blend of the everyday and the fantastical, Kafka thus begins his most famous short story, The Metamorphosis. A commercial traveller is unexpectedly freed from his dreary job by his inexplicable transformation into an insect, which drastically alters his relationship with his family. Kafka considered publishing it with two of the stories included here in a volume to be called Punishments. The Judgement also concerns family tensions, when a power struggle between father and son ends with the father passing an enigmatic judgement on the helpless son. The third story, In the Penal Colony, explores questions of power, justice, punishment, and the meaning of pain in a colonial setting. These three stories are flanked by two very different works. Meditation, the first book Kafka published, consists of light, whimsical, often poignant mood-pictures, while in the autobiographical Letter to his Father, Kafka analyses his difficult relationship in forensic and devastating detail.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bewilderingly blunt and terrifying. Sizzling in frustration., May 9 1999
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Kafka presents to the reader a shockingly horrific account of a man, subservient to his aging parents' financial needs, awakening one morning to find himself a bug. Readers are awestruck by his response to this, as Gregor's immediate thoughts shift to fear of missing the train and the "five or six years of debts" he must pay to his employer on behalf of his parents. Struggling with such "arbitrary confusion", Gregor's journey through several months of living with his disastrous calamity is horrific to his audience in it's disgusting truth in the thrill of the routine and thus we see that this metamorphosis is really strictly a physical one, as Gregor has always been an "insect" and object of income to the household. Splendidly executed, Kafka provokes otherwise dormant sentiments of passiveness and futility in his reader and ultimately elicits bewildering feelings of helplessly gradual servility and suppression in one's environment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of Despair, Dec 4 2003
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Kafka is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He masterfulyl portrays the absolute meaninglessness of life in an existence devoid of any spiritual meaning. He accomplishes this in a way that completely captivates the reader, and impresses them with the sheer futility of it all. You may not have fun reading Kafka, but you will be stretched, and it will make you think. The Trial is also another brilliant example of Kafka's literary skill
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant madness, April 18 2008
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The psychological becomes reality. Kafka's ability to create a world that is mad, but still has the intensity of truth is unequaled. Brilliant brilliant brilliant!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre and still fresh even today
The first thing that surprised me about Franz Kafka's story THE METAMORPHOSIS is that is reads like it was written today. Read more
Published on April 13 2007 by Blandings C.

4.0 out of 5 stars More than just "The Metamorphosis"
As someone who had only read "The Metamorphosis," I found this collection of Kafka's works to be very refreshing. Read more
Published on April 30 2004 by bookjunkie84

5.0 out of 5 stars Irreconcilable discrepancies
As the content of the book seems not published: this collection contains the stories "A Message from the Emperor," "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," "The Stoker: a Fragment,"... Read more
Published on Oct 30 2003 by S. Park

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for everyone
The other stories mentioned in the title are quite varied - some are self contained short stories, others are no more than a few paragraphs, and these it is difficult to... Read more
Published on Oct 21 2003 by Megami

5.0 out of 5 stars compelling: there is something about this story
I have never been able to determine what it is about this story that I find so compelling. I don't have a defeated and alienated outlook, but still I relate to Gregor. Read more
Published on Jun 20 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Look, I'm a Bug!
"Look, I'm a Bug!" No, no, no... the plight of Gregor Samsa as he awoke as a beetle is no laughing matter. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2002 by A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com

2.0 out of 5 stars A bit confused . . .
There is something to this story, but I'm at a loss as to what it is. Misery loves company, maybe. Part of the problem is that I am not sure what Kafka's metaphor is... Read more
Published on Oct 21 2001 by Kendal B. Hunter

3.0 out of 5 stars Not great
Despite the enthusiasm with which High School students appraoch this story about a man turned into a giant bug, it is not a very compelling story. Read more
Published on Aug 31 2001 by catcherintherye

3.0 out of 5 stars Not great
Despite the enthusiasm with which High School students appraoch this story about a man turned into a giant bug, it is not a very compelling story. Read more
Published on Aug 31 2001 by catcherintherye

4.0 out of 5 stars Powerfully Disturbing
This thin edition, containing only a few of Kafka's short stoires, seems unlikely to cause the powerfully disturbing reactions that it brings out in its readers. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2001 by cyn817

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