Editor’s Note: Franz Kafka was born on this day, July 3, 1883. Anne Roiphe examines the prescience of the author’s “Metamorphosis.” ‘As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found ...

It has become fashionable of late to claim that Franz Kafka is overrated as an author, even though his slender body of work stands as one of the most influential of the 20th century. Indeed, his ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. It is one of the most enigmatic stories of all time, with an opening sentence that’s unparalleled in all of literature. Gregor Samsa, a traveling ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Video games aren’t exactly synonymous with classic literature. Players will find references to works like “Romeo and Juliet”, but developers don’t often tackle novels like “As I Lay Dying” or “Don ...

What would you do if you woke up one morning and discovered that during the night you had turned into a large, ugly insect, replete with a hard shell and creepy multiple legs? Would you immediately ...

GDC 2019 is in full swing and we're snatching up a few opportunities to speak with the developers that are making the rounds to show off their new projects. One such project is Metamorphosis by Ovid ...

If Wednesday’s Google Doodle looks a little buggy, if you will, that’s because it’s meant to celebrate Franz Kafka, the “Metamorphosis” author who would have turned 130 today. Born on July 3, 1883, in ...

(JTA) – Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theater, fell in love with his Hebrew teacher and once encountered the owner of a brothel he frequented in synagogue on Yom Kippur. The broad strokes of ...