Die Verwandlung.
de Kafka, Franz
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 3458086625
- ISBN 13
- 9783458086628
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Sinopsis
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.
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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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- Librería
- Wonder Book (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- Q21K-00471
- Título
- Die Verwandlung.
- Autor
- Kafka, Franz
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 3458086625
- ISBN 13
- 9783458086628
- Editorial
- Insel, Frankfurt
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