Year of Transformation

A fresh take on Kafka’s Metamorphosis

October 2024, 112 pages

Available material: German translation, English summary

Rights sold to: Wortpalast (Germany)

This series explores the life of Franz Kafka in Prague in 1912, focusing on the months leading up to his writing The Metamorphosis and introducing us to the Kafka family. His mother is pleased with his weight gain following his stay at a sanatorium, while his father insists he attend inspections at the asbestos factory in which he holds shares. Franz quietly submits to his parents‘ expectations and thinks only of his writing, which he also struggles to engage with, feeling that he is failing at it. A letter from Max Brod to his father eventually frees Franz from his factory obligations. A brief distraction comes from a visit by his cousin Felice from Berlin.