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The first appearance of Kafka’s dark exposition on alienation
 
Die Verwandlung[The Metamorphosis] in Die Weissen Blätter magazine
Franz Kafka
Leipzig, 1915
 
The October 1915 issue in original wrappers and housed in custom slipcase. Released 2 months before the nearly ubiquitous book edition. Mild creases at spine, front and rear cover slightly darkened at edges. Some creases at the top corner of front cover. Internally fresh - overall Very Good or a bit better. An excellent survival and rare in this solid condition.
 
The story of salesman, Gregor Samsa, who awakes to find himself transformed into a verminous creature, increasingly shunned by his family. “…It shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need. In this novella, Kafka directly reflects upon many of the negative aspects of his personal life, both mentally and physically. The relationship between Gregor and his father is in many ways similar to Franz and his father Herrman. The Metamorphosis also shows resemblance to some of Kafka’s diary entries that depict him imagining his own extinction by dozens of elaborated methods.“(Stephens)
 
“Gregor’s predicament…gives us a brand of existentialism that is not rooted in absurdity by reflection, but by one’s immediate context of existence.”(Devita)
 
It's also worth noting that this issue contains an essay on the variances of Christianity between Eastern and Western Europe by the eminent German philosopher, Max Scheler.
 
[philosophy, literature]