And once Gregor is sure this transformation isn’t just his dream or imagination, begins the story where one man’s existence has suddenly turned on its head. The mysterious transformation of Gregor Samsa into…a bug.
While he, like the rest of his family deals a rather challenging financial situation, they soon find themselves dealing with a situation that is not just difficult, but so bizarre that it will take all their mental, emotional, and psychological strength to simply come to terms with it. Metamorphosis is a story of Gregor Samsa, a salesman, and sole earning winner in his family. Metamorphosis – The twisted plot that never quite straightens out But despite the limited number, his ideas have for decades influenced writers, artists, as well as philosophers. Against the instructions Kafka left back in his will I might add. Yet, the impact of his contribution to literature is so substantial that the word ‘Kafkaesque’ is today used to describe the kind of situations you would find in his writings.Ī reluctance to publish his works not only resulted in Metamorphosis being published three years after Kafka was finished, but also that some of his work, like The Trial, The Castle, and America would have to be published by his friend Max Brod. Which, if the plot and struggle in Metamorphosis is anything to go by, hints at quite a life.Ī lawyer by formal profession meant his writing was largely limited only to his spare time.
If some critics are to be believed, many of his stories are reflections of different phases of Kafka’s own life. A novelist and short-story writer, his work largely revolves around existentialism, self-discovery, and social detachment, with plots that border on, and sometimes even crossing, the bizarre. First a word on the Kafkaesque Franz Kafkaīorn in Prague, Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures of 20 th century literature. And a transformation that isn’t pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. A fascinating, albeit sad story of one man’s struggle through what are the transformative days of his life. And a book that almost defines the term, Kafkaesque.
One that is truly emblematic of the author. A book that took only three weeks to write, yet another three years to publish, Metamorphosis remains – by popular opinion – one of Franz Kafka’s best works.
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