Benedict Cumberbatch reads Franz Kafka’s famous story of man-turned-insect, MetamorphosisWinner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018After a night of troubled dreams, Gregor Samsa wakes to discover that he has turned into a huge, monstrous, cockroach-like creature, with an armour-plated back and multiple limbs.Gradually, he comes to terms with his new state – but his parents and sister are horrified and increasingly revolted. To them, Gregor is unclean, verminous and entirely repellent, and as he becomes more and more of a burden, their horror turns to a terrible indifference...First published in 1915, Kafka’s surreal existential novella explores concepts such as the absurdity of life, alienation and the disconnect between mind and body. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Star Trek, The Imitation Game), this tale – often described as one of the greatest in the history of fiction – is chilling, captivating and darkly comic.Duration: 1 hr 40 mins approx.
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Benedict Cumberbatch reads Franz Kafka’s famous story of man-turned-insect, MetamorphosisWinner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018After a night of troubled dreams, Gregor Samsa wakes to discover that he has turned into a huge, monstrous, cockroach-like creature, with an armour-plated back and multiple limbs.
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He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him—Vladimir NabokovI think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable—Michael Hofmann
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Benedict Cumberbatch reads Franz Kafka's enduring classic, Metamorphosis
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781785299933
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
BBC Physical Audio
Vekt
106 gr
Høyde
125 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
LydCD
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