The Metamorphosis

01Apr08

Franz Kafka’s tale of a salesman that wakes up to find he has been transformed into an insect is a favourite of mine. Scenes from the book lend themselves to illustration, and two illustrators that are capable of rendering images with suitable pathos have interpreted it within within the past few years

Peter Kuper’s adaption of the book is described at the publishers website which contains a great animation of the first part of the story.

Robert Crumb illustrated a number of Kafka stories in his book R. Crumb’s Kafka.

You can see orignal artworks from the book here.

Many other Kafka insects are scuttling round the web.

You can read the book for free online at Authorama or download it and listen to it as an audiobook from Librivox.

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