by Franz Kafka · Im Insel-Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9788085938463
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«Die Verwandlung» is the short novel by Franz Kafka, published by Im Insel-Verlag in hardback (104 pages, in German).
Gregorio Samsa, a commercial traveller, wakes up one morning transformed into an insect. The narrative follows his progressive isolation and his family's rejection as he tries to adapt to his new condition. The work addresses alienation, lack of communication and dehumanisation in the modern world, combining the everyday with the absurd.
Work originally published in 1915; this 1965 edition belongs to the Insel-Bücherei collection.
It is a work commonly read in schools, aimed at readers of classics and students of German literature.
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.
