Metamorphosis (With Explanatory Notes; Documents; Critical Essays; Commentary) by Kafka, Franz, and Corngold, Stanley (Translated and Edited by) - 1979

Bantam Books, 1979. First edition. 1st Bantam Classic printing.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Minor cover stress. Surface rumpling. Top page block small red ink-stamp. Age-toning.. 1 Text in English, German. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Psychological fiction; Philosophy; Alienation. Absurdly comic and yet shocking, a man who feels inadequate awakes one morning to find he had transformed into a "monstrous vermin", a giant beetle-like insect. He becomes an object of disgrace for his family, an alien in his own home. Franz Kafka, b.1883-d.1924 of tuberculosis, had told his friend to burn his writings. He did not, and they are internationally classic early 20th century writings.