Franz kafka metamorphosis back cover

Ennnnn! (Sorry, I&#;m trying to figure out the onomatopoeia for a buzzer sound when you&#;re wrong.) The above book cover design would have infuriated Franz Kafka.

Josh Jones has written an interesting piece titled &#;Franz Kafka Says the Insect in The Metamorphosis Should Never Be Drawn; Vladimir Nabokov Draws It Anyway&#; for that is quite eye-opening.

Well, eye-opening in the way that word-nerd enthusiasts and translators get excited about. As Mr. Jones claims:

&#;If you’ve read Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis in English, it’s likely that your translation referred to the transformed Gregor Samsa as a &#;cockroach,&#; &#;beetle,&#; or, more generally, a &#;gigantic insect&#;&#;But the German words used in the first sentence of the story to describe Gregor’s new incarnation are much more mysterious, and perhaps strangely laden with metaphysical significance.&#;

As such, the foll