The Metamorphosis

作者 Franz Kafka著
出版社 Simon & Schuster
出版时间 2009年8月第1版
ISBN 9781416599685
定价 25.00

内容简介

TheEnrichedClassicsseriesoffersreaderssuchfeaturesas:?Aconciseintroductionthatgivesthereaderimportantbackgroundinformation?Achronologyoftheauthor’slifeandwork?Atimelineofsignificanteventsthatprovidesthebook’shistoricalcontext?Anoutlineofkeythemesandplotpointstohelpguidethereader’sowninterpretations?Detailedexplanatorynotes?Criticalanalysis,includingcontemporaryandmodernperspectivesonthework?Discussionquestionstopromotelivelyclassroomandbookgroupinteraction?Alistofrecommendedrelatedbooksandfilmstobroadenthereader’sexperience?Reader-friendlyfontsize

作者简介

FranzKafkaFranzKafkawasoneofthemostsignificantandinfluentialfictionwritersofthe20thcentury.Dark,absurdist,andexistential,hisstoriesandnovelsconcernthestrugglesoftroubledindividualstosurviveinanimpersonal,bureaucraticworld.BiographyFranzKafkawasbornin1883toawell-to-domiddle-classJewishfamily.Hisfather,theself-madeproprietorofawholesalehaberdasherybusiness,wasadomineeringmanwhoseapprobationFranzcontinuallystruggledtowin.TheyoungerKafka'sfeelingsofinadequacyandguiltformthebackgroundofmuchofhisworkandaremadeexplicitinhis"LettertoHisFather"(excerptedinthisvolume),whichwaswrittenin1919butneversent.KafkawaseducatedintheGermanlanguageschoolsofPragueandatthecity'sGermanUniversity,wherein1908hetookalawdegree.Literature,however,remainedhissolepassion.AtthistimehebecamepartofaliterarycirclethatincludedFranzWerfel,MartinBuber,andKafka'sclosefriendMaxBrod.EncouragedbyBrod,KafkapublishedtheprosecollectionObservationsin1913.Twoyearslaterhisstory"TheStoker"wontheFontaineprize.In1916hebeganworkonTheTrialandbetweenthistimeand1923producedthreeincompletenovelsaswellasnumeroussketchesandstories.Inhislifetimesomeofhisshortworksdidappear:TheJudgment(1916),TheMetamorphosis(1916),ThePenalColony(1919),andTheCountryDoctor(1919).Beforehisdeathoftuberculosisin1924,KafkahadchargedMaxBrodwiththeexecutionofhisestate,orderingBrodtoburnthemanuscripts.WiththesomewhatcircularjustificationthatKafkamusthaveknownhisfriendcouldnotobeysuchanorder,BroddecidedtopublishKafka'swritings.Tothisactof"betrayal"theworldowesthepreservationofsomeofthemostunforgettableandinfluentialliteraryworksofourcentury.BiographycourtesyofBN.comDateofBirth:七月3,1883PlaceofBirth:Prague,Austria-HungaryDateofDeath:六月3,1924PlaceofDeath:Vienna,AustriaEducation:Germanelementaryandsecondaryschools.GraduatedfromGermanCharles-FerdinandUniversityofPrague.