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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

By: Franz Kafka
Narrated by: George Guidall
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In the bizarre world of Franz Kafka, salesmen turn into giant bugs, apes give lectures at college academies, and nightmares probe the mysteries of modern humanity’s unhappiness. More than any other modern writer in world literature, Kafka captures the loneliness and misery that fill the lives of 20th-century humanity. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories reveals the author’s extraordinary talent in a variety of forms—prose poems, short stories, sketches, allegories, and novelettes—and showcases the straight–faced humor, startling psychological insight, and haunting imagination for which he is revered as a modern master. In this brilliant new translation, prize–winning translator Joachim Neugroschel preserves the delicate balance, rich timbre, and wondrous language of Kafka’s original works. In addition to "The Metamorphosis", this collection includes "Early Stories", "Contemplation", "The Judgement", "The Stoker", "In the Penal Colony", and "A Country Doctor".

Public Domain (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Short Stories Fiction Witty
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Not keen on the narrator and I like to see names of each chapter and it just shows chapter numbers which are unhelpful

Chapter Names please

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I found myself drifting off into my own world a few times and I had to go back!

The metamorphosis starts on Chapter 27 and it is worth the wait, but you the stories could have been better arranged. These texts are not an easy read in my opinion. However, it is worth listening to, to know Kafka. I can understand why his name is well known.

Demanding!

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The translation of Kafka in this collection listens for the context and prosody of Kafka's moods and is an as close spiritual connection to the material possible for English to reach.




The Best English Translation of Difficult Material

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The Metamorphosis begins at Chapter 27

I read The Metamorphosis 10 years ago and it still haunted me. It brings so much sadness, the overall absurdity of it. The narration is very good.

The overall contents:
5 The Judgement
6 Contemplation (a collection of poems/very short stories)
24 The Stoker
27 Metamorphosis
33 A Country Doctor
47 In The Penal Colony

Kafka always puts me in a difficult spot

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A collection of short stories, some of which worked better than others. I particularly enjoyed The Stoker, A Country Doctor, A Report to the Academy and In the Penal Colony but The Metamorphosis itself is best of all.

Some of the Stories work better than others.

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