Franz Kafka: Metamorphosis (2018, Simon & Brown)
English language
Published April 11, 2018 by Simon & Brown.
Knowing this book is about a man who wakes up as a cockroach, I expected surrealism. Instead, I got a sketch of the progressive psychological changes an independent man and his family experience when he's unexpectedly disabled.
I just finished Franz Kafka’s seminal novella, The Metamorphosis. I wasn’t sure what to expect with the story of Gregor, waking to find himself transformed into an insect; and I was pleasantly surprised. Not only does it go through the struggles of this mysterious change for Gregor, but the intense effect it has on his parents and sister. This is a quick read, a little strange, very dark but thought provoking at the same time. A lot of people get dragged into reading this book for high-school (mainly in America) and as a result may end up hating this book. But there really is a lot of literary merit to this book, and I can see why people are made to study it.
