Metamorphosis

Name: Metamorphosis
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (119 reviews)
Author: Franz Kafka
ISBN: 9781398838734

Author: Franz Kafka

Series: The Franz Kafka Collection

Narrator: Richard Attlee

Unabridged: 2 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Arcturus Digital

Published: 05/15/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

A masterful mix of horror and absurdity, Metamorphosis tells the story of travelling salesman Samsa, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a giant insect. Samsa has been a model of virtue for years, single-handedly supporting his parents and young sister. Suddenly he finds himself outcast in his own home, facing a world in which he no longer has a place. Simultaneously harrowing and humorous, Metamorphosis is a strange, subtle and moving novella which has become a classic of world literature. This edition includes the classic, unabridged text, introduced and translated by William Aaltonen.

About Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was one of the major fiction writers of the twentieth century. His unique body of writing-much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously-is considered to be among the most influential in Western literature. Among his most well known stories are "The Metamorphosis" and "In the Penal Colony," and his novels include The Trial and The Castle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole on December 04, 2013

Gregor waking up one morning as a bug was a hilarious analogy of the effects an illness can have on someone, as well as on those who are close to him. Though the underlying story behind the hilarity of the analogy was anything but funny. I took it as more of a warning of what NOT to do when a loved-......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on October 24, 2009

I once used my copy to kill a beetle. Thereby combining my two passions: irony and slaughter. *wields*......more

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on February 25, 2025

It was no dream. Gregor Samsa awakes one day, changed forever. How unpredictable is life, one moment leading to a new labyrinth of existence where forward is the only motion available, our scars and choices following us in a tuneless parade with few interested spectators. Despite our lives being a pe......more

Goodreads review by jessica on May 13, 2020

there was a trend going around on tiktok for a while where girls would ask their boyfriends, ‘if i were a worm, would you still date me?’ those girls are literally this MC, except gregor samsas tiktok would be him asking his family, ‘if i were an insect, would you still love me?’ and the answer is a......more