The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka ; translated and edited by Stanley Corngold.
""When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.""-- Provided by publisher.
"Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold. Featuring essays by Philip Roth, W.H Auden, and Walter Benjamin. This Modern Library edition collects Stanley Corngold's acclaimed English translation--long hailed as the gold standard by scholars and general readers alike--along with six critical essays by writers including Philip Roth, W.H. Auden, and Walter Benjamin, background and contextual material, and a new Introduction from Corngold himself"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812985146
- ISBN: 0812985141
- ISBN: 0486290301
- ISBN: 9780486290300
- ISBN: 0805210571
- ISBN: 9780805210576
- ISBN: 1593080298
- ISBN: 9781593080297
- ISBN: 0141197560
- ISBN: 9780141197562
- ISBN: 1400100453
- ISBN: 9781400100453
- Physical Description: xlix, 312 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Modern Library paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 2013.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-312).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The metamorphosis -- Critical essays.
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