"This fine version, with David Cronenberg's inspired introduction and the new translator's beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don't hesitate: this is the transforming text for you." — Richard HowardFranz Kafka's 1915novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesmanGregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This hugely influential work inspiredGeorge Orwell,Albert Camus,Jorge Louis Borges, andRay Bradbury, while continuing to unsettle millions of readers.In hernew translationofKafka'smasterpiece,Susan Bernofskystrives to capture both the humor and the humanity in this macabre tale, underscoring the ways in whichGregor Samsa'sgrotesque metamorphosis is just the...