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Metamorphosis: And Other Stories
Metamorphosis: And Other Stories | Franz Kafka
"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."
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coxoxoco
Mehso-so

I was expecting to be wowed but, its all a bit flat. Im sure I'm missing something..?

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Outofcontroltbr
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Mehso-so

Interesting stories. Not usually something I enjoy. The stories seemed to cruel for me to understand.

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LaFemmeMacabre
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#Kafka, the incel.

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rwmg
Mehso-so

Variable collection of the fiction Kafka published during his lifetime. Some weird, some just "huh"? Actually the best was a piece of travel writing. Who knew people drove by car to an airshow in 1909?

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rwmg
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Continental lunch for Kafka

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the_need_to_read

Who has read this? I am reading it now for the first time. So far I am really enjoying it.

bookloversnevergotobedalone I read it a long time ago and remember loving it 9y
the_need_to_read I really like it so far! I am not that far into it and actually just picked it by accident. I am kind of glad I did. 9y
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