{"product_id":"metamorphosis-franz-kafka-9781545459300","title":"Metamorphosis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe hero of the story is called Samsa which sounds like a cryptogram for Kafka. Five letters in each word. The S in the word Samsa has the same position as the K in the word Kafka. The A ...\u003c\/em\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIt is not a cryptogram\u003c\/em\u003e\" Franz interrupted, \"\u003cem\u003eSamsa is not merely Kafka, and nothing else. Metamorphosis is not a confession, it is an indiscretion.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHow is that?\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It is kind of delicate, and indiscreet, when one tries to talk about the bedbugs in one's own family.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGustav Janouch\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/strong\u003e - A conversation in Prague\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is unusual to say the least to open a novel and the first line is about the main character waking up as a large insect. Most authors use symbolism to relate the theme of their work, not \u003cstrong\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/strong\u003e. In \u003cstrong\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/strong\u003e (Die Verwandlung), \u003cstrong\u003eKafka\u003c\/strong\u003e uses a literary device that focuses the readers' attention on a single character that symbolizes himself and his life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe simple, but metaphorically multilayered, story depicts multiple similarities between \u003cstrong\u003eKafka\u003c\/strong\u003e's real life and \u003cstrong\u003eGregor Samsa\u003c\/strong\u003e, the leading charachter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/strong\u003e is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. At the time \u003cstrong\u003eKafka\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote Metamorphosis, his own life situation resembled to an astonishing degree \u003cstrong\u003eGregor Samsa\u003c\/strong\u003e's just before his metamorphosis. This is revealed by several of his diary entries and especially by a letter \u003cstrong\u003eKafka\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote to \u003cstrong\u003eMax Brod\u003c\/strong\u003e in October 1912, which caused \u003cstrong\u003eBrod\u003c\/strong\u003e to intervene with \u003cstrong\u003eKafka\u003c\/strong\u003e's mother.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBesides his work in the insurance office, which was hateful enough, \u003cstrong\u003eKafka\u003c\/strong\u003e also had to take on additional duties in the factory belonging to his father and brother-in-law and all his free writing time was gone, just at a time when \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/strong\u003e\" had made a breakthrough into his mature literary style and needed all his attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franz Kafka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1545459304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781545459300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930842448127,"sku":"9781545459300","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70c288e8-c576-40a4-bbfe-c020839ee019.jpg?v=1766344643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metamorphosis-franz-kafka-9781545459300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}