Reviews for Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The average rating for Metamorphosis and Other Stories based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-09-14 00:00:00 Bernard Nyamukanza Die Verwandlung und andere Erzählungen = The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, Franz Kafka 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, Franz 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 addition to "The Metamorphosis", this collection includes "Early Stories", "Contemplation", "The Judgement", "The Stoker", "In the Penal Colony", and "A Country Doctor". تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز چهاردهم ماه سپتامبر سال 2008میلادی عنوان: مسخ و داستان‌های دیگر؛ نویسنده: فرانتس کافکا؛ مترجم صادق هدایت؛ مجموعه پنج داستان: «مسخ»، «در سرزمین محکومان»، «گزارشی به فرهنگستان»، «هنرمند گرسنگی» و «لانه»؛ اما در باره ی داستان کوتاه «مسخ»: سه ترجمه، یا برگردان به زبان پارسایی، از «مسخ» در کشور موجود است؛ نخستین برگردان فارسی از این اثر، از روی ترجمه ی «فرانسوی»، به قلم روانشاد «صادق هدایت» منتشر شده است؛ ترجمه ی دیگری از بانو «فرزانه طاهری» در سال 1368هجری خورشیدی، توسط انتشارات نیلوفر، منتشر شده، که از متن «انگلیسی» ترجمه شده بود؛ ترجمه ی دیگر نیز، به قلم جناب «علی اصغر حداد» را نشر ماهی منتشر کرده، که از متن اصلی «آلمانی» صورت گرفته است؛ تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 03/12/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-01 00:00:00 David Gookin I suspect interpreting Kafka says more about the reader than the author so here's some insight into my psyche: Gregor's family are losers. Gregor takes over the "bread winner" position after his father's business fails and provides enough money for the family to live as well as help to pay down the large debt his father's business incurred. The rest of them are fine to let him and sit on their asses. Gregor's father is perfectly healthy, but is happy to mooch too. Then, we find out that his father has been squirreling away Gregor's money on the side to boot. Gregor works for five years in this manner, never missing a day of work, and the first day he is ill they are jerks. Yet, when the vermin dies and they are employed, they all sit down quick to write letters of excuse for themselves. When the vermin's alive it's an excuse to not leave the house; when he dies they can't work. They deplore the fact that the vermin cannot understand them despite evidence to the contrary when he hears them talk and follows their instructions (eg. to get back in the room, etc.). Furthermore, they make no effort to communicate with him. I'd like to think if a loved one turned into an insect and I decided to keep them alive in a bedroom of my house, I would get around to trying the blatantly obvious "Hiss one for yes, two for no" routine. In short, f--- you Gregor's family. You suck.