Parabolas, Cuentos y Fabulas: Compilacion
Franz Kafka
(Author)
Martin Hernandez B.
(Editor)
Description
Franz Kafka nació en Praga el 3 de julio de 1883 en el seno de una familia judía. Sus padres eran Hermann Kafka (1852-1931) y Julie Löwy (1856-1934). Kafka a los 5 años (1888). Su padre había nacido en Wossek, aldea de población mayoritariamente judía checo-hablante, cerca de Písek, en la región de Bohemia del Sur. Originario de una familia rural judía de carniceros, con frecuentes problemas económicos, tras trabajar como representante de comercio, en 1881 se estableció por su cuenta en Praga, donde regenteó un negocio textil en la Zeltnergasse (Celetná ulice), que contaba con 15 empleados cuando Franz nació. Utilizaba un grajo (kavka, en checo) como emblema comercial. Su madre, nacida en Podiebrad an der Elbe, era de familia germano-hablante perteneciente a la burguesía judeoalemana. Era hija de Jakob Löwy, un próspero fabricante de cerveza. Provenía, por tanto, de una familia mucho más próspera que la de su marido y tenía una educación más refinada. En su ámbito había profesores universitarios, bohemios y artistas. El matrimonio se instaló en Praga y pasó a formar parte de la alta sociedad. Desde el comienzo, quien marcó la pauta de la educación de Franz fue el padre que, como resultado de su propia experiencia, insistió en la necesidad del esfuerzo continuado para superar todas las dificultades de la existencia, siempre desde una actitud permanente de autoritarismo y prepotencia hacia sus hijos. La madre quedó relegada a un papel secundario en el aspecto educativo.
Product Details
Price
$12.35
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publish Date
September 08, 2015
Pages
166
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.35 inches | 0.51 pounds
Language
Spanish
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781517275303
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The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German ungeheures Ungeziefer, literally "monstrous vermin"), subsequently struggling to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, with differing interpretations being offered.PLOTGregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". He initially considers the transformation to be temporary and slowly ponders the consequences of this metamorphosis. Unable to get up and leave the bed, Gregor reflects on his job as a traveling salesman and cloth merchant, which he characterizes as an exhausting and never-ending traffic. He sees his employer as a despot and would quickly quit his job were he not his family's sole breadwinner and working off his bankrupt father's debts. While trying to move, Gregor finds that his office manager, the chief clerk, has shown up to check on him, indignant about Gregor's unexcused absence. Gregor attempts to communicate with both the manager and his family, but all they can hear from behind the door is incomprehensible vocalizations. Gregor laboriously drags himself across the floor and opens the door. The manager, upon seeing the transformed Gregor, flees the apartment. Gregor's family is horrified, and his father drives him back into his room under the threat of violence.With Gregor's unexpected incapacitation, the family is deprived of their financial stability. Although Gregor's sister Grete now shies away from the sight of him, she takes to supplying him with food, which they find he can only eat rotten. Gregor begins to accept his new identity and begins crawling on the floor, walls and ceiling. Discovering Gregor's new pastime, Grete decides to remove some of the furniture to give Gregor more space. She and her mother begin taking furniture away, but Gregor finds their actions deeply distressing. He desperately tries to save a particularly-loved portrait on the wall of a woman clad in fur. His mother loses consciousness at the sight of Gregor clinging to the image to protect it. As Grete rushes to assist her mother, Gregor follows her and is hurt by a medicine bottle falling on his face. His father returns home from work and angrily hurls apples at Gregor.