Title: The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung)
Author: Franz Kafka
Written: 1915
Translator: Michael Hofmann, 2007
Pages: 77
Structure: 3 chapters.
“When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a monstrous cockroach in his bed.”
What an unusual way to start a book! This strange, funny, sad, absurd, and alarming book is a powerful insight into what it’s like to live in a world where things can go wrong through no fault of our own, and we find ourselves rejected out of fear, and when we’re no longer useful.