Hi Rob, Sorry for replying so late; I have been buys with studies and a book that we're discussing in another group by Huysmans, Against Nature, which I am...
Hi Rob, sorry to hear you are not reading Metamorphosis. It is a very short story, a little weird, but once you start thinking about it everything is...
Yeah, I read all of the stories in the edition that I have (the one in the Barnes and Noble Classics collection). I read them the day after it was decided ...
Hi Rob, I read the book in November, but will be reading it again with the group Nino __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder -...
Hi Meg, I like to read the trial as i know this is the best Kafka book. I have read metamorphosis in November but will be reading it again with the group. Nino...
I plan to read Metamorphosis too, but i will not be able to start for about a week. Henry ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance:...
Hi Jessica, on your recommendation I did read In the Penal Colony and I am very glad I did. In some ways it is similar to The Trial in that guilt is never in...
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that there was a rule about such things. I was just stating my opinion. I seriously doubt that folks here are so impressionable...
I started it yesterday--quite a strange beginning, but from the other posts, I'm sure it will all come together. Robin ... From: count_de_almasy To:...
Hello everyone, I'm a new member to the forum--my name, Antonio-. By coincidence I had read Metamorphisis not too long ago. Looking forward to reading your...
Hello, everyone. I just joined in this club. I found this club while searching for some good discussions on classic books. Here is brief introduction about...
It was extremely slow going for the first 50 pages, yet after the 100 mark or so it does pick up the pace and I thought it was great reading. I enjoyed it. --...
Hi Kis, and welcome. This month I hope you can join our discussions. We are reading Metamorphosis by Kafka and other stories by him. Next month's read is...
Hi Antonio, welcome to the club. Please feel free to tell us what you do not understand about Metamorphosis. I agree it is a weird and strange story. I...
i have read the story a few times, the most impact on the first reading . the bigraphical background was terrific, thank you! i had no idea kafka's story was...
Renee, SPOILER Thank you for this post because I too felt the same and it seems this is a characteristic of a "Kafkan" character, since at the end of "La...
Hi Nino, the La Colonie Penitentiere translates in English to 'In The Penal Colony'. S p o i l e r It is a bit different to the Metamorphosis in that the roles...
Hi Meg, SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER ... Grete and the family. Yes exactly, and I hope as other members catch on with their read we can further discuss...
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Welcome kis1027! I was in Seoul for a short time in September and I really enjoyed it. I like to read a historical novel about an area before I visit it...
I started it as well and after the first few chapters put it down. strange. guess I'll pick it up again. I'm trying to finish up, Within a Budding Grove...
My take on this is that are really two metamorphoses here: Gregor's and his family's. At first Gregor is the only one who is useful. Gregor, after his...
Hello, I'm sort of new (I've been lurking). My favorite authors are all over the place -- Albert Camus, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jane Austen, Edmund White, Clive...
Hello all, I think this novella is, to say the least, ambiguous. Common to other Kafka novels, the book opens on an effect, Gregor Samsa being metamorphosed....
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Hi Joe, yes you are so right there are two metamorphoses in the story, Gregor and his parents and sister all change. Gregor is a slave to his family and his...
I took it the same way. In the beginning, Gregor was the provider and his family was the "vermin" who leeched off of his earnings. After his Metamorphosis,...
Hi Nino.... in your post you said that Kafka should have made more of an effort to explain the "why" in his writing. However, earlier in your post, I think...
