The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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The-Metamorphosis-by-Franz-Kafka:”As-Gregor-Samsa-awoke-one-morning-from-uneasy-dreams-he-found-himself-transformed-in-his-bed-into-a-gigantic-insect.He-was-laying-on-his-hard,-as-it-were-armor-plated,back-and-when-he-lifted-his-head-a-little-he-could-see-his-domelike-brown-belly-divided-into-stiff-arched-segments-on-top-of-which-the-bed-quilt-could-hardly-keep-in-position-and-was-about-to-slide-off-completely.His-numerous-legs,-which-were-pitifully-thin-compared-to-the-rest-of-his-bulk,-waved-helplessly-before-his-eyes.”With-it’s-startling,-bizarre,-yet-surprisingly-funny-first-opening,Kafka-begins-his-masterpiece, The-Metamorphosis.It-is-the-story-of-a-young-man-who,-transformed-overnight-into-a-giant-beetle-like-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,The-Metamorphosis has-taken-its-place-as-one-of-the-most-widely-read-and-influential-works-of-twentieth-century-fiction.As-W.H.-Auden-wrote,-“Kafka-is-important-to-us-because-his-predicament-is-the-predicament-of-modern-man.”