About Franz Kafka

Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis between 17 November and 6 December 1912. Its first publication came in 1915, in the expressionist journal Die weißen Blätter. Later that same year, it appeared in book form

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was born in Prague into a German-speaking Jewish family. His father, a self-made merchant, embodied authority and social ambition, while his son struggled under his dominance and sought refuge