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Lirika Raça asked this question about The Metamorphosis:
Can someone tell me the reasons why this book is named The Metamorphosis? What are the reasons behind this name? I really need it and I wanna know why.
Emmet D'Alton 'Metamorphosis' is about as accurate a translation as we can get from English for 'Verwandlung', which is the book's actual title. In English, 'metamo…more'Metamorphosis' is about as accurate a translation as we can get from English for 'Verwandlung', which is the book's actual title. In English, 'metamorphosis' also means the natural changing of, say, a caterpillar into a butterfly, as well as the supernatural changing of a pumpkin into a carriage; whereas in Kafka it only has the latter meaning. It's the best we can do, and now the title has stuck.(less)
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The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
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