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    <body><![CDATA[Endlessly dissected, ripped apart, its guts laid out on a slab, sewn back together, reconstructed, reinterpreted, misunderstood, misinterpreted, parodied, plagiarized, overanalyzed, and sadly sometimes underappreciated.   Kafka’s <em>The Metamorphosis</em> is one of those jumping off points for modern lite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40490318">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ولادیمیر ناباکوف در مورد این کتاب حرف قشنگی زده:اگر کسی مسخ کافکا را چیزی بیش از یک خیال پردازی حشره‌شناسانه بداند به او تبریک می‌گویم چون به صف خوانندگان خوب و بزرگ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3894825">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Technically I read this book in German, and if I could give it zero stars, I would.  I read the first sentence (in German, mind you) around 3:30 in the morning earlier this semester, and was convinced I was loosing my mind and that I couldn't be translating it right.  It read: &quot;Gregor Samsa awo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1128658">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know, I know, it's a metaphor, but I really disliked this book.  Too many GIANT BEETLES.  Sure, there's only one, but really, isn't one too many?]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>KAFKA<br/>metamorfosis</strong><br/><br/><em>Disuatu pagi ketika Gregor Samsa terbangun dari mimpinya, dia menemukan dirinya telah berubah menjadi kutu yang besar.</em><br/><br/>Begitu Kafka memulai karya masterpiecenya. Metamorfosis. Sebuah pembukaan yang tidak lazim sekaligus mengejutkan.<br/><br/>Metamorfosis adalah kisah tentang seorang anak muda yang pada suatu hari mengalami perubahan bentuk menjadi seekor kutu yang besar.<br/><br/>Perubahan ini membuatnya menjadi objek memalukan bagi keluarga dan menjadikannya terasing di rumahnya sendiri.<br/><br/>Metamorfosis merupakan salah satu karya yang paling banyak dibaca dan berpengaruh pada karya-karya fiksi di abad 20.<br/><br/>Seperti yang pernah ditulis oleh W.H. Auden &quot;kafka penting bagi kita karena persoalannya adalah persoalan semua manusia modern.&quot;<br/><br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Berapa besar toleransi cinta manusia kepada manusia lain? Apakah batasannya?&quot; Pertanyaan-pertanyaan besar ini melingkupi cerita yang dengan begitu dahsyat dibuka oleh Franz Kafka dengan kalimat ini: <em>Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgen aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48064834">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[یکی از دوستانم می گفت: &quot;اگه گریگور زامزا کارمند بانک تجارت ایران بود چه شکلی می شد؟&quot; کفتم: &quot;طرح خوبی بزای نوشتن یه داستان پسامدرنیستی یه، برو فکر کن ببین مورچه ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2897001">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the utmost fascinating story of a terrifying metamorphosis into a giant bug that occurs to the protagonist one morning and of a consequent alienation from his family. Although depressing, Kafka portrays so realistically (and beautifully) the consequences that happen with a fate that the prot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3932656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nearly everyone can relate to this story, and in many ways, this represents a much more pervasive human condition than a romance might present.  But so often this story is read metaphorically, or symbolically.  I remember, so vividly, imagining waking up to find yourself as a horrible insect, and ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15840215">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kasian tokohnya...<br/>Membaca kisahnya benar2 mengaduk-aduk perasaan. Nggak tahan aja rasanya, suatu hari saat bangun pagi mendapati diri ini tak dikenali di rumah sendiri...juga tak bisa mengeluarkan kata-kata yang bisa dimengerti, tak bisa menjelaskan keadaannya, hingga akhirnya si tokoh ini han...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48088851">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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