La Metamorfosis

Publisher Marketing: La metamorfosis es, sin duda, el libro mas famoso y aclamado de Franz Kafka, seguido de "El proceso." Su primera publicacion fue en octubre del 1915 en la revista Die weissen Blatter. Su historia, su trama, relata la vida de un ser humano convertido en un monstruoso insecto y detalla como esa transformacion cambia sus costumbres y el modo de relacionarse con el resto de su familia. El personaje principal, llamado Gregorio Samsa, vive en una casa con sus padres y su hermana. Es quizas esta la razon por la cual muchos catalogan la obra no solamente como existencialista sino tambien autobiografica. Su marcado existencialismo se refleja en el hecho de que se habla constantemente de la vida de un individuo frente a la sociedad, que en este caso esta reflejada en su familia. Este individuo y sus vivencias personales son el objeto principal de la novela, mas alla de la anecdota y la fantasia que supone la transformacion de humano en insecto. Lo importante es observar como el individuo interactua con su entorno y como, al final, no tiene mas remedio que aceptar su triste y pesada realidad. Review Citations: Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 349 (EAN 9780884114505, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 355 (EAN 9780884114505, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2003 pg. 1856 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) Library Journal 09/01/2003 pg. 142 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 09/22/2003 pg. 86 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) BookPage 11/01/2003 pg. 10 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2003 pg. 51 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) School Library Journal 12/01/2003 pg. 179 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) Booklist 02/01/2004 pg. 984 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2004 pg. 44 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 358 (EAN 9781400047956, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 425 (EAN 9780553213690, Mass Market Paperbound) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 513 (EAN 9780553213690, Mass Market Paperbound) Contributor Bio:  Kafka, Franz Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka's father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka's relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka's death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka's works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka's works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka's most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.