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Title: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Martin Jarvis, Richard Stokes ISBN: 9-6263428-6-2 Publisher: Naxos Audio Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $15.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (128 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic with deep psychological impact
Comment: Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning after some restless dreams and finds he's been turned into a giant cockroach or beetle. What is fascinating is the transition that follows; the alienation of the family from Gregor, who is now externally an object of disgust and the alienation from the human race that Gregor experiences.
The most telling passage is where Gregor approaches his beloved sister, scares her, and gets an apple thrown at him. It lodges in his back and festers. The symbolism--rejection, obsession, depression, hurt, is obvious, but the pictoral quality and spare prose of Kafka make this a timeless classic. This is a great book for younger readers to get acquainted with the classics, simple to read, yet with layers of meaning that can be mined in discussion.
Rating: 5
Summary: You wanta something weird?
Comment: Read this then. I read this story for a College Fiction class...WOW! I really liked it. It was so strange and filled with dark comedy. And I can't believe the downfall of the family and how *horrible* they treated the boy/insect. They didn't even believe he weas him any more, and i suppose he wasn't. Great story!
Rating: 5
Summary: Gripping introspective drama
Comment: First of all, I have to admit that I have never read Kafka's original story, although I did have a passing familiarity with it prior to picking up this graphic novel. I had never heard of Peter Kuper before.
To say the least, I was pleasantly surprised by this graphic novel. To say a bit more, it was astoundingly good, full of gripping yet understated human drama... The story is that of a traveling salesman who awakens to find he has been transformed into a bug. The story deals with his family's reaction to this, and the course of his life afterward.
Although the story is very subdued in many ways, it drew me in in a way that few graphic novels have been able to accomplish. Kuper is heavily influenced by many of Will Eisner's visual storytelling techniques, which he uses to great effect here. (IMHO, I feel he uses the techniques more effectively than Eisner did most of the time.) The artwork reminds me of some underground comics I've seen, and perfectly complements the character-based story. Bravo to the Mr. Kuper: He has visualized Kafka's story in a way that makes it feel as if this is the way the story was meant to be told. Now, I only have to pick up the original story to find out for sure...
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Title: The Stranger by Albert Camus ISBN: 0679720200 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad ISBN: 0486264645 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: The Trial by Franz Kafka ISBN: 0805210407 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 28 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett ISBN: 0553211757 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett ISBN: 0802130348 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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