by Franz Kafka · vitalis · tapa dura · ISBN 9788072533411
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«La metamorfosis» is the short novel by Franz Kafka, published by Vitalis in hardback (120 pages, in Spanish).
Gregorio Samsa, a commercial traveller, wakes up transformed into a huge insect. His family reacts with a mixture of disgust and compassion, but life together becomes untenable as he tries to adapt to his new condition. The work reflects on alienation, lack of communication and dehumanisation in modern society.
The work was originally published in 1915; this hardback edition by Vitalis contains 120 pages in Spanish.
Aimed at readers of literary classics and twentieth-century fiction, as well as those studying 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.
