by Franz Kafka · Compañía Europea de Comunicación e Información · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788479690595
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«La metamorfosis» is the short novel by Franz Kafka, published by Compañía Europea de Comunicación e Información in paperback (94 pages, in Spanish).
Gregorio Samsa, a travelling salesman, wakes up transformed into an insect, and the novel narrates his struggle to live with this new condition and with his family. Kafka addresses alienation, solitude and lack of communication in a dry and unsettling tone.
The work was originally published in 1915. This Spanish edition, from 1991, is part of number 52 of the Biblioteca de El Sol collection.
A classic and brief work of twentieth-century literature, suitable for those seeking a first approach to Franz Kafka.
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.
