![]() ![]() What will his parents say? The family he supports? Oh no, what of his job? The train he’s already missed? When his boss turns up inquiring after him? When his sister shows some love? This is no more and no less than the story of a man who wakes up to find himself inexplicably transformed into a ‘ungeheuren ungeziefer’. So, how do you deal with that? Well, he deals with it over the next few hours, days, weeks and then months. “large verminous insect” (Williams, 2011), “some sort of monstrous insect” (Bernofsky, 2014), or “monstrous verminous bug” (Johnson, 2015). ![]() This is the story of a salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a ‘ungeheuren ungeziefer’, translated as a: “gigantic insect” (Muir, 1948), “monstrous vermin” (Corngold, 1972), “giant bug” (Underwood, 1981), “monstrous insect” (Pasley, 1992), “enormous bug” (Appelbaum, 1996), “gargantuan pest” (Roberts, 2005), “monstrous cockroach” (Hofmann, 2007), “horrible vermin” (Wyllie, 2009) ![]()
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