{"product_id":"2026200011053-secondhand-metamorphosis-and-other-stories","title":"Metamorphosis And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Other Stories stands as one of the most celebrated collections in twentieth-century literature, anchored by the iconic novella in which travelling salesman Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. Written with unsettling precision and dark, absurdist wit, Kafka chronicles the psychological and social disintegration that follows this impossible event, using it as a lens to examine alienation, identity, family duty, and the crushing weight of modern existence. The collection also presents a selection of Kafka's shorter prose works, each constructed with the same dreamlike, surreal logic that made him one of the most influential writers of his era. Haunting, claustrophobic, and darkly comic, this anthology remains an essential cornerstone of world literature and an indispensable introduction to the Kafkaesque imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956119384283,"sku":"2026200011053-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/015d4f0d-6c56-49d3-bc7e-d31c67202b5f.png?v=1783497962","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011053-secondhand-metamorphosis-and-other-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}