FRANZ KAFKA The Complete Stories Nahum N, Glatzer John Updike a \aittrest aan Kare ft a he ae hey do od wee wot poping tra ar a ae si cl Heong oe i he ipa fons Iadooce ben ahs youth os pare pr ‘weaken phe was sl ding on when he pi be ‘ent clings ato bs comig wich would xy cover She ne of A fall eed in alow woke: "Deat pens, 1 taveawys loved yu al be me” andl inal ep. ‘chs mamens sn onending sex of rate wa fo gsng vere ge Tramiel by Wits ond Bon Mr The Metamorphosis 1 ‘As onncon sansa awoke one morning from onesty dream be found hime eanformed in his bed io « gigantic. le teasing on fs hard vt were sm-plated, back sd when Ie feds bea «lite he could see his domelite brown bly ‘ded ino sll ached egress on cop of hich che bd git tonld hardly heep in poston and was abou side of com fey, Hit oomerous lg, whieh were pisfly cin compared {othe of is ull waved ballon befor i eye. ‘What has appentd tome? he choughe Ie was a0 dream. His soon arpa human Brom, nly aie fo ily gut Terwren the four fae walls Above the ble on which cl Aron of coh samples ws tapacked and prea out—Sana trora conmerchltsveler hang the picture which he hed fe Tendy cur ou of an Shatrated magus snd pr ino «prey a feame showed lay, wth for ep on and «far Sng upright and holding out o che spectra a huge fr mull imothih the whole of bt forearm had ranshed! "Gaegors cys tuned net fo the window, and the overcst sky—one could fear raindrops beating onthe window guer— imide him quite melancholy. What abot soning lex longer tod forget all this nonsense, he chooge, bu could not be done, for he wes acetone’ cep om ight sie and in his present condon he cou poe cum hmnself over. However vo- Eni forced howl oward argh side vay called on tohistack gai, He ied a lee + banded anes suring is sto Keep from scing hit sruggling legs and ony dested Shen he bean to fel nhs sie fab ll ache he had never enced before. ‘Oh God, he thoghe whe an exheoing jb I've picked on! “Traveling out day iy day ones much more feng work [01vol Faas Karna ‘han dong che cera busines inthe ofc, and on top of that there he woubeofconane even, of worying about tain ‘omsecons the bed and ivegelr mea, casual sequananess thot are always new and aver become intimate fends. The dei take al He fet a dghe kching op on is belly; dowly ses himself on his back nearer othe op ofthe be So ha he old it is head moe ely denied the hing pace which ‘eas suzounded by many smal wie spots the nature of wich fb could wor uademtand and made to touch i with a ep, bat drew the Jeg back immediately, for the contac made 3 cold shiver rin ebrough him. "He da down asin inc hit former poion. Ths geting wp cely be though kes one quite pt. A ma needs isle ‘ther commerce ike hare wore. For isance, when 1 cs lack othe hotel af « moraing owe up the orders f0t there other are ony sng down co the Breakfast. Lec me Jax ey the with my chef, TW be sacked onthe poe. Anyhow, thst might be ite «goed thing forme, who can el? I dt Iver Bld aly hand Beas of my parents have given 20- ‘ies Tong apo, fave gone wo the cnt and tod i exacly ‘stat hia f nT wood Kaock fi endays frm hs A! [er quse wy of cong, 0, thissitng on high at desk sd eking dowa to employer, epectly when they have © ‘ome quite near becane the chilis hatd of hearing, Well, ther tl hope; once Uwe sted enough money 0 pay back my parent det oie should ke anor five ox years ' do ie without fal Tea myalfeompleely lose then or the moment though Pd Bewerget up, aace my tain goes sve 5 He loked tthe slr clack king on the chet. Heavenly ater! he thought. Te was half-pst Bx o'eock and the hands svar qily moving on ws even pst the also, i was [Jeting on foward 2 quarter co seve. Had the alam clock noe fone off From ce bed one coal se ha it ha been propely Set forfour o'dock, of couse ms have gone off. Yes but ts ic pole to oxp qiedy theoagh thar exespliing noise? Waly fe bad noe spe qlety, yet apparney all he more ‘Tue Meraqonsuosis to soundly for that, Bat what was he wo do now? The nex tain ‘went a seven o'clock; to extch that he would need eo harry ike mad and his ‘weren't even packed up, and he himself ‘ast feeling pareulaly fresh and aeive. And even if be did atc the erain he wouldn'e avoid a cow with the chief, since che firm's poreer would have been waiting forthe five ofeock tain and would have long since reported his fallaze eo coro up. The porcer wat a creature of che chit spneess and stupid. Well, [apposng he were co say he was sick? Bat chr would be mos lanplessan and would look suspicious, since during his five year! temployment he bad not been il once. The chet himself would be are to come withthe sick-insurance doctor, would eeproach ils parent with thle son’ laxnes, and would cut all excuses hott by referring to the insurance doctor, who of course re garded all mankind as pecfecly healthy mlingerers, And would bi be to far wrong on this occasion? Gregor realy felt quite well spee from » drowsines thar was orerly superflacs after toch long sleep and e was even unusually hangry. ‘Asall this was cunning through his mind ac cop speed withoot his being able to decide to leave his bed—the alarm clock: bad jose src a quarter to svenchere came 2 cacious tap at the ‘door behind the head of fis bed. “Geego,” sudo voice=it was his mother's—"iee a quarter co seven. Hadn't you 2 «rain to “catch?” That geile voice! Gregor bad shock 2s he beard his ‘own voice answering hes, unmistakably his own voice, it was true, but with a persitent horrible cwitering squeak behind it like an undercone, which lft che words in thet clear shape only forthe fst moment snd then rose up everberating around chem to desroy thei sense 90 that one could not be sure one had heard chem sightly. Gregor wanted co answer at length and ex~ pln everything, bu in the eireunscances he confined himself to Sig" each you, Mt gsing up mow” The n door berween them mist have Kepr the change in his voice from being nosiceable outside, for his mother conrented Iheelf wich chis statement and shuffled away, Yee this brief ex change of words had made the other members of the fam aware that Gregor was sll in the house, a they ad not ex(or Brass Karka fe do te Enocking, ged, yer wth his Bit. “Geego, Gregor” be alld, aren ea rep Goes Coe oct eee yeti Eigen, rr ope A ea ist pe eae ae sepia alah Mallya Soest aa neon Sige ome ae pee ec fake care er ar ne ee, am re ee Renn i wae rg Soe ed ore lt ed rig al or eb ee se snes oases seh oe aan eae a ee, eae on doen ge nae ecstacy core eerie cr md py cel soe oa, cies aera ree come gr geen Phy Aloe A eve eed sealer ager at eens sa Serer deans a a Te onl Sais aE to in ee eset eee aa Cpe eel bere fori Seer peta ene eh i ce po Sia hope ace eal ances keke Ce ae areee Sig edge nena ec lea Tee seme rae a rr Seer es oto LE RUPSME RES oe et eee ‘Tue Meranconsuosis Is} and of which he cold form a0 eer concen, proved too Ea oor sd oy nd wen Sy, so Avid wich annoyance he gered hi forester et chrst orice, be hd mal te colin sal bonged evil pu the lowe en of be bod, nd he singing pase {i afotned ham hs posal her past of Bly Ws drthe mace prosbiy the mo se So he red ge the top pc of Hime tf, ad ca siouly moved bes head coward he edge of che bed, That Sy enough aod dp ia breath nd heb of Ki todya a slowly fled he mover of ead Sel thon ly goths ea ee ve theca he bed he tov sned wo goon advanciog, fo er fhe le heel fall Ins wey ik would ke ace 0 hep bi head from bing Shed Sad wa ci fe ax mre conmconme mv precy sows he wold raters 8 Tov when ats» sepaton ofthese eos he ly in i ferme! poston ap ighig, and watched Tile lege Srogling agin ech chee more wy than eve if he were pmble an oo way of binging ay erro chi ab Ey ccfesion eld te pun Ge as impose to Say etd hehe oe ete on wa ey. For he alist hope of geting say roe Ache sme Sie id oe foogerocomd nel Gc tt col Felecon the cols posible, was mich beer than deperee Fesale inch one fc is ye sharply a eon the window ba, ante the prope of dhe tvnig fog wich malfiod even she tes ade of the tow Sece rong him lle enargemene nd confor, “Seren Sock aad" he eid final when the arm dock chimed aguin, “Seven o'clock: already and sil such a thick fog.” ‘And for litle while be lay quie, breaching Tightly, a if per things to their aps eyeing ch compe open oer ellcodsormlcondison Bar ten be sd to hal: "Before sues gare pase seven |x be qe oto ts be, wou fal. Anyov, by She tne someone wl have come fim the ace to ke or me