Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

Overview

A man named Gregor must work to keep his family alive. One morning he wakes up and discovers he is a roach. The first thing that occurs to him when he discovers this is how will he get to work? His boss comes to his house and demands that Gregor come to work, meanwhile Gregor is locked in his room unable to get out on account that he is a bug. Finally he manages to escape, but the boss is gone by then. His family sees him and is disgusted. They lock him in his room and his dad forbids his mother and sister from seeing him.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148751250
Publisher:	Elder Crow Publishing
Publication date:	08/19/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	260 KB

About the Author

Franz Kafka was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism. Most of his works, such as "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle), are filled with the themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, parent–child conflict, characters on a terrifying quest, labyrinths of bureaucracy, and mystical transformations.
Kafka was born into a middle-class, German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At his lifetime, most of Prague population spoke Czech and the division between Czech and German speaking people was a tangible reality, as both groups were strengthening their national identity. Jewish community often found itself in between the two sentiments, naturally raising questions about a place to which one belongs. Kafka himself was fluent in both languages, considering German his mother tongue.

Date of Birth:

July 3, 1883

Date of Death:

June 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Prague, Austria-Hungary

Place of Death:

Vienna, Austria

Education:

German elementary and secondary schools. Graduated from German Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague.