by Franz Kafka (Author), Will Aaltonen Pearson (Translator), Will Aaltonen Pearson (Introduction by)

A masterful mix of horror and absurdity which tells the story of travelling salesman Samsa, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a giant insect. Kafka's novella has been adapted for film and television a number of times, most recently for radio when BBC's Radio 4 broadcast the story, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first publication.

Author Biography

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born in Prague into a German-speaking Czech Jewish family. He received little recognition for his writing during his lifetime but is now celebrated as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. His rise to fame happened after his death when, against explicit instructions written in his will, his close friend and literary executor Max Brod decided to publish Kafka's unfinished work. It is through these posthumous publications that his work received the recognition it deserved. His name has now become a byword for alienation and guilt - and his work is both harrowing and humorous, featuring individuals caught up in an impersonal and bureaucratic world over which they have increasingly little power. He is now one of the most celebrated classic novelist in the German language.

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