Contributor(s):Author: Franz KafkaTranslator: Ian JohnstonDie Verwandlung, Metamorphosis, is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsas transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. This volume contains Kafkas original German text facing a modern English translation.