by Franz Kafka · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722316521
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«A Metamorfose» is the novel by Franz Kafka published by Editorial Presença in paperback (81 pages, in Portuguese).
Gregor Samsa, a commercial traveller, wakes up one morning transformed into a huge insect. From this absurd situation, Kafka narrates Gregor's progressive isolation and his family's reaction, building a reflection on alienation, guilt and the fragility of domestic bonds.
«A Metamorfose» was originally published in 1915; this Portuguese edition includes a translation by Gabriela Fragoso.
For readers of literary classics interested in the narrative of the absurd and in Kafka's work.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
