January 26, 2009
The Metamorphosis
Written by Franz Kafka
“When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.”
—Chapter 1, pg. 1
Fun Facts
- The humor of The Metamorphosis is often overlooked. When Kafka read the story to his circle of companions in Prague it would often elicit boisterous laughter.
- His unpublished manuscripts which included his three novels, were left to his friend Max Brod. He asked for Brod to destroy them but instead, Brod edited and published most of Kafka’s manuscripts.
- Kafka always felt like an outsider in Prague: the Czechs considered him a German, since his parents were German-speaking, and the Germans labeled him a Czech and a Jew. Many of his books play upon this theme.
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