by Franz Kafka · Philipp Reclam Jun Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150099001
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«Die Verwandlung» is the short novel by Franz Kafka, published by Philipp Reclam Jun Verlag GmbH in paperback (88 pages, in German).
Gregorio Samsa, a man who wakes up one morning transformed into a huge insect. Franz Kafka develops the story from that absurd premise and shows how his life and family relationships fall apart; the work speaks of alienation, loneliness and incomprehension.
The work was originally published in 1915; this edition is from 1995 and is part of Reclams Universal-Bibliothek (number 9900), with an afterword by Egon Schwarz.
Intended as school and study reading, with supporting materials; it is suitable for German learners and for reading classics in their original language.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
