Metamorphosis (World Classics Unabridged)

<p>One morning when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.'<br /><br />Thus begins The Metamorphosis cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the twentieth century. A story of Gregor Samsa a travelling salesman who wakes up one day to discover that he has metamorphosed into a bug The Metamorphosis is a book that concerns itself with the themes of alienation disillusionment and existentialism.<br /><br />As Samsa struggles to reconcile his humanity with his transformation Kafka very deftly weaves his readers into a web that deals with the absurdity of existence the alienating experience of modern life and the cruelty and incomprehensibility of authoritarian power leaving them at once stunned and impressed.</p>