So, he woke up and found himself transformed into a big insect. That's something you don't read about everyday. I loved this novella. Kafka's well known for creating absurd and claustrophobic universes that a lot of us can relate to. The Metamorphosis is no exception. It has a lot of meanings, symbo...
It might have been the translation, but this short story felt a bit flat in prose, despite the struggle between the characters. A very interesting short story that challenges our expectations of ourselves and others, the feelings of acceptance in periods of crisis and unusual circumstance, and the t...
A comic adaptation of Kafka's famous story of the same name. It's what you'd expect from such an adaptation, really. There's not much new in the way of story (as is preferable with most adaptations) but the visual element actually takes away many of the things that made the text so good, e.g. the am...
The Metamorphosis's story centers around this small family who all depend on Gregor for sustenance. The day that he morphs inexorably into a giant dung beetle is ridiculous. The moment that he worries more about arriving late to work instead of about his body is even more absurd. However, people can...
(a) Read it twice in one day(b) would read it again (c) thoroughly enjoyed the analyses/explanatory notes/essays in the book's latter half (d) dreamt about the story(e) am still curiously pondering novel's meaning and purpose an entire day after reading itFive letters of the alphabet which earn The ...
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