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SIXTYNINE-420 t1_je3s9ry wrote

Reply to The Metamorphosis by me! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

Funnily enough Franz Kafka himself specifically requested - upon the publishing of his novel - that the cover not feature any depiction of an insect of any kind and to let the reader imagine what sort of vague ambiguous insectoid Gregor may have turned into. He also suggested perhaps and image of an open door leading to a dark room (specific wording escapes me).

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RiffRaff2230 t1_je3l6vn wrote

Reply to The Metamorphosis by me! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

Can someone link the Reddit post about the guy who read this and fantasized about being a large alien roach with an imaginary roach lover, and accidentally told his fantasy to his coworkers by referring to his ‘wife’ and then he felt ostracized, and he told hips GF about his fantasy and how he imagined her as this alien roach lady to get off, and then she left him?

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unsanemaker t1_je3auis wrote

Reply to The Metamorphosis by me! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

I have a weird love hate relationship with this book. Different translations have different wording. Some use the phrase of verminous creature. Others use the phrase verminous bug. I've even seen one use the phrase monstrous insect. And yet, no matter how many times I mentioned this, everyone thinks I'm crazy if I tell them that I don't actually believe that this man is turning into a creature but rather is having a mental breakdown in turn he believes he is turning into a creature. My proof of this is when they have guests over and they're all confused as to what he is doing on the walls. If you saw a giant insect, you would run. No one would stay there. And yet, the daughter still continues to play the violin and the guests are confused. They are watching a man basically rub feces on the wall and they have no idea how to respond because of how out of the ordinary it is. I am very much convinced that the character had a mental breakdown and never turned into a bug to begin with.

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