100th Anniversary
Cover of a 1916 edition. The book was first published in October 1915. of the publication of The Metamorphosis ! (I would link to the article I saw about it, but won’t because spoilers (sigh)). You know, it is on my list of top 10 favorites, but I’ve yet to read it on paper. I first listened to the excellent LibriVox audiobook by David Barnes , then later I listened to a partly-abridged audiobook read by Cumberbatch. I have it in my “Complete Short Stories” - I really should read it before the month’s up. It’s stunning to realize that, after 100 years, Kafka's insights are still very applicable. Undoubtedly The Metamorphosis can mean different things to different people... To me, at its most basic, it’s a concise analogy of the facade many people consider to be “love.” In other words, when love is defined in materialistic, give-and-take terms, it means a “normal” family like the Samsas can turn into a dysfunctional one, when their “normal” life is interrupted by the