Absurdist Distortion

8 books

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Rating 4.5
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka / 李文俊 Flower City Publishing House · 2023 The Metamorphosis tells the absurd story of Gregor, a traveling salesman who, under crushing physical and mental strain, suddenly turns into a giant i…
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Rating 4.0
The Breast Philip Roth / 姜向明 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2019 David Kepesh is a university literature professor. As an intellectual, he aspires to reason and restraint, yet he is also full of vitality and often t…
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Rating 4.4
Selected Stories of Kafka Franz Kafka / 李文俊 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2024 This collection features Kafka's representative short stories and novellas, including "Before the Law," "On Parables," "The Metamorphosis," and "The G…
The Metamorphosis cover
Rating 4.4
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka / 李文俊 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2018 It tells the absurd story of the salesman Gregor, who, under crushing physical and mental oppression, suddenly turns into a giant beetle that his fami…
The Metamorphosis (The Complete Short Stories and Novellas of Kafka) cover
Rating 4.3
The Metamorphosis (The Complete Short Stories and Novellas of Kafka) Franz Kafka / 张荣昌 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 This collection brings together all of Kafka's short stories and novellas, including such well-known pieces as The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony,…
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Rating 4.0
Dad, Dad Han Shaogong Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 This book collects twenty-two short stories and novellas published by the author between 1985 and 1994, among them 'Homecoming,' 'Dad, Dad,' and 'Woma…
The Metamorphosis cover
Rating 4.3
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka China Friendship Publishing Company · 2015 The Metamorphosis: Selected Stories of Kafka. The translators are all experts in their respective fields, and their translations have withstood the te…
The Metamorphosis cover
Rating 4.6
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka / 张荣昌 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2015 In "The Metamorphosis," Kafka tells the absurd story of Gregor Samsa, a petty clerk who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a giant bee…