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The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

PublisherBroadway Books
Date2004
TypeGraphic Novel, Trade Paperback
LanguageEnglish
ArtistPeter Kuper
AuthorFranz Kafka
GenreFiction
Pages80
NotesAcclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafka’s classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug. Kuper’s electric drawings—which merge American cartooning with German expressionism—bring Kafka’s prose to vivid life, reviving the original story’s humor and poignancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike. “A brilliant illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafka’s famous story. It’s a real pleasure to read and one in which everyone will recognize the existential drama and uncanny wit of the original text."—Susan Bernstein, associate professor of comparative literature and German studies, Brown University