Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis] in Die Weissen Blätter magazine
by Kafka, Franz
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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The first appearance of Kafka's dark exposition on alienation *** The complete 1915 run of the prominent literary magazine, 12 issues in all, featuring the October 1915 issue containing the first appearance of Kafka s masterpiece - released 2 months before the nearly ubiquitous book edition. *** Spines toned, mild foxing and stains at the cover margins, internally very fresh, all Very Good sound copies. Excellent survivals and rare in solid, original condition. *** Kafka s story follows salesman, Gregor Samsa, who awakes to find himself transformed into a verminous creature, increasingly shunned by his family. *** …It shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need. In this novella, Kafka directly reflects upon many of the negative aspects of his personal life, both mentally and physically. The relationship between Gregor and his father is in many ways similar to Franz and his father Herrman. The Metamorphosis also shows resemblance to some of Kafka s diary entries that depict him imagining his own extinction by dozens of elaborated methods. (Stephens)*** Gregor s predicament…gives us a brand of existentialism that is not rooted in absurdity by reflection, but by one s immediate context of existence. (Devita)***Please email us for better pricing.
Synopsis
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world; Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written during this century". The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a vermin.
Reviews
Reviewing 'The Metamorphosis' would be shimmering hubris, but it is tempting here to explain something about Ottomar Starke's dust jacket illustration. It was an essential part of Kafka's design not to identify the creature thar Gregor Samsa wakes up to be. In a letter to publishers 'Kurt Wolf' on Oct 25th 1915 he wrote: "It has... occurred to me that [Starke] might want to draw the insect itself. Not that, please, not that! I do not wish to restrict his scope, but I wish only to request it as a result of my better understanding of the story, as is natural. The insect itself cannot be drawn. It cannot be drawn even as if seen from a distance.". Few enough subsequent illustrators have respected his wishes...
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- Bookseller
- Anniroc Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8
- Title
- Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis] in Die Weissen Blätter magazine
- Author
- Kafka, Franz
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Der Weissen Bücher
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1915
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- KAFKA, LITERATURE, GERMAN, DER PROZESS, TRIAL, EXISTENTIALISM, HORROR, METAMORPHOSIS, CAMUS, ALBERT PHILOSOPHY, FRENCH, LE MYTHE DE SISYPHE, LA PESTE, SARTRE, NIETZSCHE, ABSURD, NIHILISM, 20TH CENTURY, MODERN, MODERNISM, TOLSTOY, PSYCHOLOGY, MANN, HESSE,
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