THE METAMORPHOSIS by Franz Kafka - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks V4

THE METAMORPHOSIS by Franz Kafka - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks V4 - The Metamorphosis (version 4)

Franz KAFKA (1883 - 1924), translated by Ian JOHNSTON. This story, about a man who wakes up transformed into a bug and the repercussions it has on his life and the people around him, has intrigued me for many years. The translation is by Ian Johnston, not the translator that is in Gutenberg; I like Johnston's more. What does it mean? [Spoiler possibly]In my mind it is not complicated at all and is most probably an autobiography of how Kafka himself had experienced his early life living with his parents. Kafka describes how he had experienced his parents’ financial and emotional exploitation's of him, to the point of detaching from them and thereby ceasing to be their son (the real metamorphosis). Gregor’s metamorphosis is that of Kafka’s being an obedient son, subserviently paying for his parents’ narcissistic needs with his own life, into being a disobedient one—as if he had become a ‘piece of vermin’. Gregor’s parents possessed a large sum of money in savings, which symbolizes the needlessness of Gregor’s exploitation. In other words, the parents did not love him for who he was, but for his loyal willingness to undergo this exploitation. Reduced to vermin, Gregor can (or will) no longer financially benefit his parents. It is the parents that caused Gregor’s/Kafka’s metamorphosis. The debt Gregor intended to repay his parents symbolizes the emotional debt many adult children continue to feel towards their elderly parents for the love and care they have provided. Sister Grete, at first siding with her brother against their unfriendliest father, eventually switches sides after her brother’s metamorphosis, conveniently seizing first place in the sibling hierarchy, a reference to Kafka’s relationship with one of his siblings. - Summary by Phil Chenevert

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Chapter listing and length:

01 Part I Phil Chenevert - 00:46:42

02 Part II Phil Chenevert - 00:48:54

03 Part III Phil Chenevert - 00:48:11

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[juanvillalobos]

Corona quarantines school assignments brought me here

[doctoroesperanto]

My favourite book by Kafka, thanks for making this audiobook public :)

[alanp]

Came here bc I've heard of this book constantly and just kafka's work in general and the clockwork-ness of everyday life is starting to sink in more and more so I want to have a read/listen because philosophy weirdly helps with my depression. Listening to an audio book because I just can't keep my eyes on a book and just read it

bookmark: 00:46:45

[zachherrmann]

Someone played this while I was sleeping and now I have daddy issues

[hammeringhank]

This so weird. I just heard about this story a few minutes ago, and came to the channel for another book, and this pops up as most recent.

[shigerufan]

The last audiobook I heard by this reader was the Oz series, gotta say it's a bit jarring going from that to Kafka lol

[VlogSmiths]

yeeyee anyone feeling like gregor here my dudes like i wake up and i'm a roach every day man my life is so hard and it just keeps getting harder tryin to feed and water my seed plus teeter tottering between being a father and a pre madonna baby momma drama too much for me to stay in one spot

[lukerausch]

34:50 don’t mind me just making a bookmark

[tell-me-a-story-]

Why did he have to work so hard for his parent's dept while they put in no effort? They don't even try!

[Blitzbrie]

No offense but this isn't a good reading voice. A lot of words are slurred