by Franz Kafka · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817120388
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«La Metamorfosi» is the short novel by Franz Kafka, published by Rizzoli in paperback (173 pages, bilingual Italian-German edition).
Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, wakes up transformed into a huge insect and remains confined to his room. Kafka narrates with meticulous realism the reaction of his petty-bourgeois family, which moves from shock to rejection, in one of the most unsettling parables of twentieth-century literature.
Edition belonging to the BUR Bilingüe collection of Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, with an introduction by Giuliano Baioni and a translation by Anita Rho.
For students of Italian or German and readers who want to compare the original text with its translation.
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.
