The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka ; translated from the German by Ian Johnston ; supplementary materials written by Laura Nathan ; series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson.
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TextSeries: Simon & Schuster enriched classicPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, c2009Description: xx, 119 pages ; 18 cmISBN: 978-1-4165-9968-5 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Verwandlung. English Subject(s): Alienation (Social psychology) ALIENATION (SOCILA PSYCHOLOGY) -- FICTIONGenre/Form: Psychological fiction.DDC classification: 833/.912 LOC classification: PT 2621 K34 2009Summary: So begins The Metamorphosis, one of the most recognizable opening lines in literature. The story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who, after transforming overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man. One of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction, The Metamorphosis is a harrowing yet absurdly comic meditation on inadequacy, guilt, and isolation
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So begins The Metamorphosis, one of the most recognizable opening lines in literature. The story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who, after transforming overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man. One of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction, The Metamorphosis is a harrowing yet absurdly comic meditation on inadequacy, guilt, and isolation
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