by Franz Kafka · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879830393
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«La metamorfosi e Nella colonia penale» is a volume of stories by Franz Kafka, published by Newton Compton Editori in paperback (96 pages, in Italian).
«La metamorfosi» tells how traveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up transformed into a giant insect and must face confinement in his room and his family's reaction. «Nella colonia penale» presents a torture machine and denounces a dehumanized judicial system; together they reflect the individual's anguish before a hostile and incomprehensible reality.
Translation by Luigi Coppé; part of the Tascabili economici Newton collection. The original stories, «Die Verwandlung» and «In der Strafkolonie», date from 1916 and 1919 respectively.
Italian edition for readers of classic European fiction and for those wishing to approach two of Kafka's most representative stories.
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.
