{"product_id":"the-metamorphosis-and-other-stories-1","title":"The Metamorphosis and Other Stories","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Judgment \n\u003cbr\u003eThe Metamorphosis \n\u003cbr\u003eIn the Penal Colony \n\u003cbr\u003eA Country Doctor \n\u003cbr\u003eA Report to an Academy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince his death in 1924, Kafka has come to be regarded as one of the greatest modern writers, one whose work brilliantly explores the anxiety, futility, and complexity of modern life. The precision and clarity of Kafka's style, its powerful symbolism, and his existential exploration of the human condition have given his work universal significance. \n\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the title selection, considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work, this collection includes \"The Judgment,\" \"In the Penal Colony,\" \"A Country Doctor,\" and \"A Report to an Academy.\" Stanley Appelbaum has provided excellent new English translation of the stories and a brief Note placing them within Kafka's oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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 inadequecy, guilt, and isolation, \"The Metamorphosis\" has taken its place as one of the mosst 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Since his death in 1924, Kafka has come to be regarded as one of the greatest modern writers, one whose work brilliantly explores the anxiety, futility, and complexity of modern life. The precision and clarity of Kafka's style, its powerful symbolism, and his existential exploration of the human condition have given his work universal significance. \u003cbr\u003e In addition to the title selection, considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work, this collection includes \"The Judgment,\" \"In the Penal Colony,\" \"A Country Doctor,\" and \"A Report to an Academy.\" Stanley Appelbaum has provided excellent new English translation of the stories and a brief Note placing them within Kafka's oeuvre. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kafka, Franz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1996-04-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction \/ Classics|Fiction \/ Short Stories (single author)|Fiction \/ World Literature \/ Czech Republic|Fiction \/ Psychological|Fiction \/ Absurdist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Kafka, Franz|Translations into English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486290300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486290300\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52374394143001,"sku":"SP-9780486290300","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486290300_spiral.png?v=1778472646","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-metamorphosis-and-other-stories-1","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}