Browsing around at the Goddard Book Fair, I stumbled upon The Metamorphosis and Other Stories. As much as I love Herr Kafka, for some reason I don't own any of his books or stories. At the moment my goal is to collect my favorite books with pretty covers so that when I have my library there is a bit of surprise and joy every time a book is pulled from the shelf. This version fit the bill. Nice, simple, but interesting cover on the outside, my favorite stories on the inside.Or so I thought...
Unfortunately this version left out some of my favorite stories like 'The Hunger Artist' and 'A Country Doctor'. In their place it put these long rambling, more-essay-than-stories that I couldn't concentrate on for more than a few seconds at a time. So if you were to ask me now what they were about I could merely say a rambling dog and a rambling mole, which sounds interesting, but I assure you they were not.
So in the end I am happy to have 'The Metamorphosis' at my finger tips whenever I want it, but am going to keep my eyes out for a replacement book with everything I want and nothing I don't. Compromises are for suckers and moms.
- Megan Leigh
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