Metamorphosis PB -- Franz Kafka

<b>Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold</b><br> <b>Featuring essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin</b> <p/>"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, <i>The Metamorphosis.</i> 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, <i>The Metamorphosis</i> has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. <p/>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 seven critical essays by writers including Philip Roth, W. H. Auden, and Walter Benjamin, background and contextual material, and a new Introduction from Corngold himself.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Franz Kafka<br><b>Publisher:</b> Modern Library<br><b>Published:</b> 11/26/2013<br><b>Pages:</b> 368<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780812985146<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Stanley Corngold</b> is a prof