(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)
Franz Kafka
"One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin."
One of the most celebrated opening sentences in world literature introduces one of its most haunting stories. Gregor Samsa, a dutiful travelling salesman who supports his entire family, wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. What follows is neither horror story nor absurdist comedy, but something stranger and more affecting: a precise, dreamlike account of how a family responds to the inconvenient burden of dependency.
Published in 1915, The Metamorphosis is the work that made Kafka's name, and the one that most clearly demonstrates why he remains indispensable. As the Penguin Select Classics edition notes, it dissects the loneliness of modern life, the cruelty of conformity, and the human need for dignity even in degradation — a dark fable and a tender tragedy in equal measure.
This premium hardbound collector's edition with sprayed edges presents Kafka's original, unabridged text — a perfect volume for collectors of classic and modernist literature.
