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The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Start date: September 1, 2021

Finish date: September 30, 2016

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Apr 08, 2020 ქეთევან rated it it was amazing

უბრალოდ მწერის ნაცვლად წარმოიდგინეთ უკურნებელი სენით დაავადებული, ლოგინად ჩავარდნილი ადამიანი და ყველაფერი თავის ადგილზე დადგება.

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Sep 01, 2014 Karen Michele Burns rated it it was amazing

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The Metamorphosis held more deep meaning for me than I anticipated. I had read the opening a few times before, but somehow had never completed the book. I had no idea that the analogy of the man turned ugly and unwanted would be one that is still so pertinent one hundred years later. Kafka’s excellent writing provides a framework for a work about the rejection of a family member who is now a bug (a person with a disability, a person with a mental illness, a person suffering from addiction, etc.) ...more

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Dec 11, 2016 Alisa rated it liked it

One of those "I understand why it's important, but that doesn't mean I have to like it" works of art. ...more

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Aug 17, 2017 Lori rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, favorites, postmodern, classics, pocket-penguins

A must-read by all who want to understand the term "Kafka-esque" means. The absurdity of the protagonist's situation underlines his loss of his sense of self. ...more

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