The Metamorphosis Free Audiobook Download

Author : Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka, a Prague-born writer of the early 20th century, is renowned for his profound and often unsettling narratives, primarily penned in German. Coming from a Jewish middle-class family, Kafka's works, including the iconic "The Metamorphosis" (1915) and posthumously published novels such as "The Trial" (1925), explore the plight of individuals facing a bewildering and impersonal world. Although he initially studied chemistry at Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague, Kafka shifted to law, where he found the flexibility to pursue his passions in writing and literature. A close friend of the influential writer Max Brod, Kafka left behind a significant, albeit incomplete, body of work that has since garnered critical acclaim and is regarded as crucial in the evolution of European literature. Despite expressing a desire for his unpublished writings to be destroyed, Brod defied these wishes, ensuring that Kafka's unique voice would endure through the ages.