The Metamorphosis: A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky Nature_Gift_Guide master of fantasy Garth Nix

master of fantasy Garth Nix and original cover artwork by Leo and Diane Dillon

Bidart writes of the cycles we cannot escape and the feelings we cannot forget

Seamlessly interweaving personal stories with national policy

As he explores a land shaped by mystery and ancient forces

The Metamorphosis: A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky Nature_Gift_Guide master of fantasy Garth Nix"This fine version, with David Cronenberg's inspired introduction and the new translator's beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don't hesitate: this is the transforming text for you." Richard Howard Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of