The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka's most famous story opens with Gregor Samsa waking to find himself inexplicably transformed into a giant insect. As his family recoils and his old life dissolves, Kafka builds an unsettling parable of alienation, duty, and human dignity. The flagship English–German learner text, its clear, deliberate prose makes it a perfect entry point into literary German in our side-by-side edition.
"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt."
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