{"product_id":"signature-gilded-classics-the-metamorphosis-other-stories-hardcover","title":"Signature Gilded Classics: The Metamorphosis \u0026 Other Stories (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka's bizarrely comedic meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation expressed through the story of a man who is transformed overnight into a giant beetle, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enow in a beautiful gift edition f\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eor the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Gilded Classics line. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOnly yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on fiercely by his ungrateful family. This morning, Gregor awakens to discover that, overnight, he has been transformed into a monstrous insect. First published in 1915, Kafka's best-known tale has inspired numerous interpretations for more than a century and helped to establish the term \"Kafkaesque\" as a reference to a bizarre and nightmarish experience. This collection of his short fiction, in a new translation, includes more than thirty of his short stories and sketches, including \"In the Penal Colony,\" \"The Stoker,\" \"The Judgment,\" \"A Country Doctor,\" \"A Hunger Artist,\" and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47611434336434,"sku":"9781454966005","price":465.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/signature-gilded-classics-the-metamorphosis-other-stories-hardcover","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}