by Franz Kafka · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420692067
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«La Metamorfosis» is the short novel by Franz Kafka, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (142 pages, in Spanish).
Gregorio Samsa, a travelling salesman, wakes up transformed into a monstrous insect and his everyday life falls apart. The narrative follows his family's reaction to that impossible event, with an ironic and unsettling tone, and delves into loneliness, guilt and identity.
The work was originally published in 1915; this 1984 edition belongs to the Biblioteca Fundamental de Nuestro Tiempo collection, number 6.
A work suitable for readers interested in twentieth-century classics, social criticism and absurd humour.
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.
