Kafka, Franz

"Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold Featuring essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Franz Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. This Modern Library edition collects Stanley Corngold's acclaimed English translation--long hailed as the gold standard by scholars and general readers alike--along with six critical essays by writers including Philip Roth, W. H. Auden, and Walter Benjamin, background and contextual material, and a new Introduction from Corngold himself"--.

Gregor Samsa becomes an object of disgrace to his family and an alienated man after he wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant beetle-like insect.

A young man wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant beetle-like insect. He becomes an object of disgrace to his family and an alienated man.

Young immigrant Karl Rossmann, packed off to America to redeem himself after an embarrassing sexual incident, is instead swept up in a series of dizzying reversals, odd escapades, and adventures.

A collection of short stories by Franz Kafka in a new English translation featuring the well-known title story about a man who wakes up to find that he has turned into a giant insect. Other stories in the collection explore themes of power, whimsy, and Kafka's own difficult relationship with his father. An introduction, notes, and a chronology provide context for the stories.

Presents the complete writings and includes a chronology of Kafka's life and a selected bibliography of critical writings.

First published in 1915. A young man wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant beetle-like insect. He becomes an object of disgrace to his family and an alienated man.