Metamorphosis
1915
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
In this, his most famous story, Kafka explores the notions of alienation and human loneliness through extraordinary narrative technique and depth of imagination. Gregor Samsa awakens one morning to find himself transformed into a repulsive bug. Trapped inside this hideous form, his mind remains unchanged--until he sees the shocked reaction of those around him. He begins to question the basis of human love and, indeed, the entire purpose of his existence. But this, it seems, is only the beginning of his ordeal.
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“When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin”
This BRILLIANT piece of literature starts off with this very intriguing line, and proceeds to tell the metaphorical story of Gregor.
I loved this book, not only because its so brilliantly read, but because I had read a few pages before listening to it, and the text is just as mysterious. Planning to re read this, very soon
So glad to have been introduced to Kafka through this.
I'd actually never previously read Kafka, but found this short work to be surprisingly compelling. I can also understand both why English teachers love it (there are many different ways to read the story and interpret its meaning), and high school students forced to read it hate it (there are many different ways to read it, none of them are necessarily right, nothing actually happens). But reading it on my own as an adult I found Gregor's drive to retain some humanity more affecting than I expected.
