{"product_id":"metamorphosis-pb-9780812985146","title":"Metamorphosis PB","description":"\u003cb\u003eTranslated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeaturing essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.\" With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Franz Kafka begins his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis.\u003c\/i\u003e It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library edition collects Stanley Corngold's acclaimed English translation--long hailed as the gold standard by scholars and general readers alike--along with seven critical essays by writers including Philip Roth, W. H. Auden, and Walter Benjamin, background and contextual material, and a new Introduction from Corngold himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812985146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644456923292,"sku":"9780812985146","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3fdd790c-3ad1-42dd-bbb8-4f56e0516d42.jpg?v=1603858673","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/metamorphosis-pb-9780812985146","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}