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Metamorphosis (Arcturus Illustrated Classics)

Franz Kafka, Gaby Verdooren (Illustrator)

$14.99

Publication Date: November 5th, 2024

Publisher:

Sirius Entertainment

ISBN:

9781398843547

Pages:

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Description

A masterful mix of horror and absurdity which tells the story of travelling salesman Samsa, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a giant insect. Kafka's novella has been adapted for film and television a number of times, most recently for radio when BBC's Radio 4 broadcast the story, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first publication.

This edition contains a series of specially commissioned illustrations.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Illustrated Classics series brings together high-quality hardback editions of classics works with new full-color illustrations. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

About the Author

Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Prague, Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century - his name has become a byword for alienation and guilt - and his work is both harrowing and humorous, featuring individuals caught up in an impersonal and bureaucratic world over which they have increasingly little power. Will Aaltonen Pearson ran away from home aged 15 and joined the Royal Navy. Seven years and three world tours later, he won a scholarship to Ruskin Workers' College, Oxford, and from there went on to study French and German at Oriel College. He has been a writer for the best part of thirty years, working in television, newspapers, magazines and books. As 'Will Pearson', he has ghost-written several top ten best-sellers, and published other, non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects. His translations include Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, both for Arcturus Publishing.