The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Book Club #5

I'm joined by Dan as we discuss Kafka's most famous work - Die Verwandlung, or The Metamorphosis!

What did you think about the book? Leave your comment below :)

We basically just chatted about the book for twenty minutes and this video is the lightly edited summary - in it we discuss absurdist fiction, the nature of translating a text and associated socio-cultural factors, metaliterary analysis, and a little bit about Kafka himself. Let me know if you enjoyed this format - we really enjoyed filming it!

Next time we're going to read A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Histor.... It's a classic of physics science communication, talking about large scale cosmology and the story of the universe. I'm excited to be the one on the sofa who's actually an expert in the field for once ;P

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Thanks to Vlogbrothers for their sponsorship of this video. Money from the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck contributed to equipment used in this video. Filmed on a Canon 5D with 24-70mm l series lens, audio on a Rode NTG2 into Zoom H4N.