The Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Publisher: Jilin University Press

"This book is one of the six volumes of the Designers' Joint Book Series K Classics. The Metamorphosis is a famous novella by Kafka, which was completed in 1912 and published in 1915.

The protagonist of the novel, Gregor, is a travel salesman for a company and the breadwinner of his family. One morning, when he woke up, he turned into a beetle. Since then, he has not only lost his ability to live and work, but is also regarded as a burden and scandal to his family. The attitudes of his parents and sister towards him suddenly reversed, from respect to disgust, revealing a cold face. In the end, Gregor died alone in hunger.

Editor's Recommendation:

★The "K Classics" series covers all of Kafka's short and medium-length works published during his lifetime. It also includes 6 of Kafka's unpublished posthumous works, Kafka's will, and Kafka's chronology.

★8 works are unique to Tong Yali's translation, among which 3 short essays are published in simplified Chinese for the first time.

★ Peter Mendelsund, the world's top book cover designer, is in charge of the cover design, creating "a work of art in the book". His design was described by the Wall Street Journal as "the most recognizable and representative design of contemporary novel covers". "K Classics" breaks the heavy and simple style of Kafka's previous books and is full of avant-garde; abstract graphics and bright colors give Kafka's works new vitality.

★Direct translation from German, single translator.