{"product_id":"the-metamorphosis-von-franz-kafka-2","title":"The Metamorphosis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Kafka's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e - arguably the greatest, most famous and most unnerving short work of literary fiction ever written - is a hundred years old in 2015. This centenary edition offers the first complete English translation of Kafka's text (by A. L. Lloyd from 1937) plus a richly detailed new introduction to the story by novelist Richard T. Kelly, describing its genesis and the life of its creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e' unforgettable opening sentence we meet travelling salesman Gregor Samsa - on a rare overnight stay in the apartment he shares with his family, paid for by his ceaseless labour - who awakes one morning 'from a troubled dream' to find himself 'changed in his bed to some kind of monstrous vermin'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'There is nothing which \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e could be surpassed by - one of the few great, perfect poetic works of this century.' Elias Canetti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'My  greatest masterpieces of twentieth-century prose are, in this order, Joyce's \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, Kafka's [\u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e], Bely's \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e and the first half of Proust's fairy tale \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e.' Vladimir Nabokov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780571325023\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780571325023","offer_id":39415348592733,"sku":"9780571325023","price":12.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/a3a01bdf-1c30-4f57-9113-a4fb0382fb40.jpg?v=1778040137","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/the-metamorphosis-von-franz-kafka-2","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}