METAMORPHOSISThe Metamorphosis is arguably Franz Kafka\'s most recognized literary work. Published in Germany in 1915 as Die Verwandlung,this dark short novel or novella,has made its way as one of the most important works of literary fiction of the 20th Century. Gregor Samsa,a traveling salesman living with his family in Prague part of the Austro Hungarian Empire at that time,wakes up one day to find himself transformed, without rhyme or reason,into an