Kicking off with one of the most famous opening lines in literature (‘As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect’) what follows is the absurd and tragic story of Gregor’s new life as a massive cockroach. From the immediate anxiety of not being able to make it to work, to the long-term depression of his family ignoring his obvious problem, what may have appeared on the surface as a fairly ridiculous idea for a book quickly becomes a deeply moving and relatable experience. Well worth the short amount of time it takes to knock over.
54 Pages
Kafka, F. and Hofmann, M. (2008). Metamorphosis and other stories. New York: Penguin Books.
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