'A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.' - Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis tells the tale of Gregor Samsa, a young salesman, who wakes up one day to find he has turned into 'a kind of giant bug'. Samsa has been a model of virtue for years, single-handedly supporting his parents and sister, but suddenly he finds himself an outcast in his own home, facing a world in which he no longer has a place.
Both harrowing and humorous, Metamorphosis is a strange, subtle, and moving story which everyone should read.
Translated by Will Aaltonen Pearson