Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis. Translated by A.L. Lloyd [London]: Parton Press, 1937 First published in German (Die Verwandlung) in 1915. "Born in Prague of German-Jewish parents, Franz Kafka told his bizarre tale of nightmarish isolation and entrapment in a detached, almost reportorial style. While critics have interpreted this chilling story variously as a description of despair in a meaningless world, as a reaction to institutional authoritarianism, and as an expression of conflict between the author and his father, its power seems to rest in its resistance to interpretation. W. H. Auden has said of it, 'Had one to name the author who comes nearest to bearing the same kind of relation to our age as Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe bore to theirs, Kafka would be the first one would think of'" (Books of the Century, 13). First edition in English. Small 8vo. [6], 74 pp. Original blue cloth spine over grey paper boards, with printed label on the upper cover, spine lettered in black. Spine very slightly toned at top and tail of spine. With the rare plain cellophane wrapper, with some loss, but with price on flap. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise Price: USD 5,000.00 other currencies   order no. 51528    inquire

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