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The Metamorphosis

A Norton Critical Edition
By Franz Kafka
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. The story explores themes of alienation and identity as Gregor navigates the changes in his life and the impact on his family. Kafka creates a striking narrative that delves into human emotions and the complexities of societal expectations.
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The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka's classic 1915 novella remains one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. This Norton Critical Edition is based on Susan Bernofsky's acclaimed new translation, accompanied by the translator's note and Mark M. Anderson's preface and explanatory annotations.

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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

Susan Bernofsky's acclaimed new translation, along with her Translator's Note.

Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Mark M. Anderson.

Three illustrations.

Related texts by Kafka, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Rainer Maria Rilke, among others.

Eight critical essays by Günther Anders, Walter H. Sokel, Nina Pelikan Straus, Mark M. Anderson, Elizabeth Boa, Carolin Duttlinger, Kári Driscoll, and Dan Miron.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, in Bernofsky’s translation, is praised for capturing both the comedic and tragic elements of Kafka's work. This translation is noted for its ability to stand on its own and is appreciated by those familiar with the original text.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393923209

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Critical edition

Contributors:

  • Translated by Susan Bernofsky
  • Edited by Mark M. Anderson
  • Translated by Susan Bernofsky
  • Translated by Susan Bernofsky

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 211g

Pages: 240

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Education & Reference Franz Kafka Most Popular Books of All Time Non-Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions

About the Author

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod. Mark M. Anderson is Professor of Germanic Languages at Columbia University. He is the author of Kafka's Clothes and the editor of Reading Kafka. He has written widely on literary modernism and has edited and translated contemporary Austrian writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Thomas Bernhard. Susan Bernofsky is the acclaimed translator of Hermann Hesse, Robert Walser, and Jenny Erpenbeck, and the recipient of many awards, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize and the Hermann Hesse Translation Prize. She teaches literary translation at Columbia University and lives in New York.

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