{"product_id":"2940169832105","title":"The Metamorphosis","description":"\u003cp\u003e ¿One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.¿ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the story of a young traveling salesman who, transformed overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. Rather than being surprised at the transformation, the members of his family despise it as an impending burden upon themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A harrowing¿though absurdly comic¿meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W. H. Auden wrote, ¿Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.¿ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114775036144,"sku":"2940169832105","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169832105_p0.jpg?v=1769900907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169832105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}