The Metamorphosis
a new translation by susan bernofsky
$19.54
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
20 February 2014
Summary
The Metamorphosis: A Timeless Tale of Transformation and Existential Dread
Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella, a story of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation, has become a worldwide classic, remaining one of the most widely read works of fiction a century later. It tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who awakens one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect.
This hugely influential work inspired George Orwell, Albert Camus, Jorge Lou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393347098 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393347095 |
| Author: | Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky, David Cronenberg |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 20 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“Bernofsky’s vibrant new translation preserves the comedy as well as the tragedy of Kafka’s text; it convinces both on its own and when read with the original in mind.” – Times Literary Supplement”…brilliant edition of Kafka’s novella…prepare to be pleasantly surprised here as Susan Bernofsky’s brilliant translation brings out Kafka’s sharp wit.” – The Indpendent
About The Author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.
Susan Bernofsky is the acclaimed translator of Hermann Hesse, Robert Walser, and Jenny Erpenbeck, and the recipient of many awards, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize and the Hermann Hesse Translation Prize. She teaches literary translation at Columbia University and lives in New York.
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