Metamorphosis - Softcover

Michael Hofmann; Franz Kafka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141023457 ISBN 13: 9780141023458

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2006

Synopsis

Waking after a night of troubled dreams, Gregor is surprised to find himself trapped in the body of a hideous man-sized bug. As he lies on his shell and gazes into space, his mother and father begin calling to him from outside his bedroom door. He must get out of bed, they tell him. He has to go to work. They need his money to live.

Gregor replies to them nervously, his voice sounding strange to his ears.

He'll be out very soon, he says. He's just getting ready...

But he can't keep saying that forever.

About this title

About the Author:

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0141023457
• ISBN 13: 9780141023458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112