About the Book: Metamorphosis
"The Metamorphosis is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It
is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is
widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story
begins with a travelling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself
transformed into an insect.
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,