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Penguin Select Black Classics: Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka
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A story of transformation, shame, and the limits of love

“One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.”
Thus begins one of the strangest and most unforgettable stories ever written. The Metamorphosis follows a dutiful salesman who wakes to find his body grotesquely altered—and his family’s love slowly eroding.
In precise, dreamlike prose, Kafka dissects the loneliness of modern life, the cruelty of conformity, and the human need for dignity even in degradation.
A dark fable and a tender tragedy, The Metamorphosis asks: when everything familiar turns against us, what remains of the self?

Published: Dec/2025

ISBN: 9789815368208

Length: 64 Pages

Penguin Select Black Classics: Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

A story of transformation, shame, and the limits of love

“One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.”
Thus begins one of the strangest and most unforgettable stories ever written. The Metamorphosis follows a dutiful salesman who wakes to find his body grotesquely altered—and his family’s love slowly eroding.
In precise, dreamlike prose, Kafka dissects the loneliness of modern life, the cruelty of conformity, and the human need for dignity even in degradation.
A dark fable and a tender tragedy, The Metamorphosis asks: when everything familiar turns against us, what remains of the self?

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Paperback / Hardback
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Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (1883-1924). He was a Czech-German writer born in Prague on July 3, 1883, to a middleclass Jewish family. His childhood was marked by illness including tuberculosis which troubled him throughout his life. After completing his studies in 1906, Kafka began working for an insurance company, a job that he did not want to do but only did to earn enough money. These experiences would go onto influence his writings later in his life, particularly visible in the novels, The Trial, and The Castle. It wasn’t until 1912 when he published The Metamorphosis that he gained significant recognition as a writer. He gained immediate success and was slowly being recognized as one of the most innovative writers of his time.

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