A simple account of manifestation of human emotions and how they change over time with circumstances. This book is more in rhetoric and metaphors rather a pure fiction.

One man turns into an insect and how he, the society, his sister and his family metamorphoses into different beings is shown. We can take much inspirations from the story apart from what the core story tells up. Kafka has left much thinking of what the readers might what to interpret.

I would prefer a more subtle and positive meaning of the story where in the people on whom we are dependent always want us to metamorphosis into more independent persons. Maybe this was what the author wants to tell. The main bread earner turns insect and the family learns and survives. Over time as finances are stretched the insect dies and the sister who was meek and always hidden leads the way.

There my be many interpretations but the story is a simple small one sitting read definitely recommended.

The black and white illustrations match the dark message of this tale: Gregor bends to the will of his family, and assumes the burden to provide for the family and pay off old debts of his mother & father. Gregor, as a traveling salesman in the rat race that his family has thrusted upon him (an existence he loathes and which isolates him, degrades him, discourages him), is transformed from the beginning. Eventually, outwardly, he transforms into a putird bug -- the very bug he feels that he has become on the inside.

If only I had this comic book in high school when I read the short story by Kafka the first time around. The illustrations underscore the oppressive and deceptive exploitation of Gregor -- by his boss, by the grind of the rat race, and most horrifically by his own family (they played on his sense of obligation and guilt as the eldest son to provide for them, when in fact they had a nest egg -- not substantial, but enough to pay for domestic help, for the love of God). The point of the story is highlighted and starkly captured by the artwork of Kuper.

The most maddening detail that Kuper hits home is this: it is an outrage, and the apex of hypocrisy, for this family to be repulsed by what they created: the bug that scurries here and there, the odious insect into which Gregor metamorphosizes. And for Gregor to feel a duty to suffer and perish for the good of the family -- especially to have his sister metamorphosize from an awkward teen into a beautiful woman in full, with a bright future, while Gregor withers and dies -- is an outrageous slap in the face for this poor guy. All the critics say Gregor feels isolated, alienated -- and that life is absurd. In this screwed-up, absurd family, who in the hell wouldn't feel isolated and alone?

Follow one of the world's most famous short stories through an illustrator's lens in this 2003 adaptation. Gregor Samsa awakens for work one day to find himself transformed into a bug. His world quickly darkens as his fate unravels. The illustrations capture the darkness of Gregor's new reality, leaving the reader with little to interpret on their own. For instance, the first depiction of Gregor's father in the graphic novel shows the man with a ferocious scowl on his face as he bangs on Gregor's door. In Kafka's depiction, the father's cantankerousness expresses itself over the course of the novel. The graphic novel is a much easier read than the short story itself, and as such could be used as an aide to help students grasp the complexities of the short story. However, the graphic novel does not substitute for the short story. It should be noted that it is hard to judge the merits of the graphic novel apart from Kafka's original tale. The story tends to transcend time, and readers will find themselves identifying with Gregor's pitiful plight. Recommended for high school libraries.

Hello to my new obsession: Kafka in Comics! I've just discovered Kuper and all I want to do is read everything else he's created. I'd read The Metamorphoses back in high school, and although it was a quick read it was hard to understand at times. This graphic novel helps with all those parts I couldn't understand back then and how the bug actually looked! I would highly recommend this to anyone and everyone. Reading it with pictures definitely hit me harder than when I had read the book years ago.

I think I would have gotten more out of this had I read the original first. I didn't see the point of this one. His family can't or won't work until he turns into a bug and then they try lots of different things, are unhappy and blame it all on him. And that ending. Is that all there is to it? What about some deeper meaning? I guess it was just lost on me as so many classics are. But this adaptation with the drawings that depict the family in such harsh lines at the beginning and then much easier more pleasing lines at the end (maybe that is the message - his family was happy he died?) and the fact that it didn't go anywhere just made it a two star read for me. Not one I'll be adding to our school collection.

My wife is a Kafka fan, but I've never really been bitten by the bug (so to speak). I didn't enjoy The Trial, and I'm sure I've read The Metamorphosis at some point and not taken much from it either (although I'll concede there's a chance I just know the story because of its popularity, and have never actually read it myself).

I don't know where I got this illustrated graphic novel version from. I think it was a Christmas present.

The positives: the artwork is a lot of fun. Dark and atmospheric, the text and speech built into and around the frames of illustration. It is a nice summary of the story beats.

The negatives: I find that with Kafka it is the allegory/applicability that people respond to, rather than just the plot. With so much of the text stripped away, we lose a lot of that. We're also obliged to accept that the metamorphosis of Samsa is real (while I know some interpretations suggest otherwise), and I read somewhere that Kafka himself was reluctant for artists to draw the extent of his transformation, preferring to leave it to the imagination.

A fun adaptation of a serious book, one that might serve well as a younger reader's first introduction to Kafka, but one that almost by design has stripped out much of what makes the book a 'classic' in the first place.

The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka tells the story of a hard working man that hates bugs ironically turns into a roach.

The metamorphosis takes place at a home. The book begins with a hard working, man Gregor, as a clerk. Gregor is a hard working man his dad's business collapsed so he goes out of his way to support his family, until he was unable to when he woke up.His family helps for a while until his sister got a job.

This book was funny and fiction at the same time. I really enjoyed reading it because there was imagery. My favorite part of the metamorphosis was when Gregor made his mother pass out.

The metamorphosis was a really funny book, I just wish it ended better for Gregor, maybe if he would have turned back to a human and got to be happy again. I would recommend this book to young children and immature adults, because it is a creative book with creatures. It also shows the struggles of real life problems. Nope there was nothing inappropriate it was a very good book.

Tittle : The Metamorphosis Authors : Peter Kuper

The Metamorphosis by Peter Kuper informs us about a family that was selfish and non- loving.

"The Metamorphosis takes place at Gregors house.The story begins with the main characters Gregor , his boss , his parents and his sister. Gregor is a travels man who needs his job because he needs to support his family. Gregor was late for work one morning , As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. His boss comes to his house and is wondering why he is not at work and he is worried about him because he is already on the edge of losing his job so he goes checks on him and that's when they discover his transformation. Gregors father tries to kill him by throwing multiple items at him and winds up knocking Gregor out. When Gregor awakes from his knock out, he is hungry he sees some milk and bread that Grete his sister left for him but spits it out because he didn't like it , he is attracted to garbage. His family did not understand him so he will have to get updated on some news by overhearing a conversation. Gregors mom and Grete were cleaning Gregors room when the dad got mad because he said they shouldn't be cleaning his room so that's when they decide to hire a cleaning lady. The cleaning lady tries hurting Gregor & the father joins. A month passed and gregor was getting old he could barley crawl and eat.He heard his sister playing the violin so he went out of the room thats when all the guessed heard him and tried to get rid of him and they werent paying the rent for that month.Thats when something big happen...

My opinion on this book is that it was a really good chill book. My favorite part of this book was when everyone tried to hurt him and his mom stopped it every time.This book was a great book but I honestly think it could have been better. I would recommand this book to a teacher and her class.

what would your life be if your whole body turned into a dung beetle?
Do you hope after some time it'll change back? would it? could you live long enough?
should you just give up on life because you can't do anything? Could life ever go back to what it once was?
this major event is so absurd but it does go into a lot of philosophical questions.
I highly recommend the read. it's hard to face reality but you need to learn from it.

Una buena re-lectura.
Me gusta el estilo de dibujo del autor, elementos grotescos y humano.
La adaptación es básica, las personas que no hayan leído la novela original o aún no se atrevan a leerla, este puede ser un buen inicio para tener una idea mental de la historia, y empezar a leerla.
Es fácil su lectura, y buena para leerla en un día o en la noche (para quienes no tiempo de leer en el día).

I read classics but they aren't always my first choice. I am glad I read this one. it is one of my favorite books of all times. It made me laugh, cry and even get angry and laugh. Excellently written.

5 Stars

I decided to give this version a try rather than just read the novel, as I was curious how it would translate in the graphic novel form. I was pleasantly surprised. Peter Kuper does a good job of communicating the emotions of the characters and their conflicts over Gregor's presence in the house. I found myself feeling increasingly sad for him as the story progressed. If one is looking to read a classic in a different form, I recommend this.