Metamorphose (La) (ETONNANTS CLASSIQUES) - Softcover

Franz Kafka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 208072083X ISBN 13: 9782080720832

Publisher: Flammarion

Synopsis

Imaginez-vous un matin au réveil. Vous vous apprêtez à vous lever, mais soudain vous constatez que votre corps s'est curieusement transformé : votre dos est recouvert d'une carapace ; à la place de vos bras et jambes, de nombreuses pattes ont poussé ! Cette histoire vous semble grotesque, abracadabrante ? Telle est pourtant la terrible mésaventure qui arrive à Gregor Samsa, le héros de La Métamorphose...

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About the Author

Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flammarion
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 208072083X
• ISBN 13: 9782080720832
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 160