Franz Kafka
novelist · Prague · 1883–1924
He worked at an insurance institute and wrote at night. He asked for his manuscripts to be burned, but his friend did not do as he wished.
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1915
When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
The novella The Metamorphosis, the first sentence
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