In Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella "The Metamorphosis," we see the grim reality of a sudden change that turns protagonist Gregor Samsa overnight into a giant, unwieldy insect and the struggles he has from ...
Black Metamorphoses by Shanta Lee, with brush-and-ink illustrations by Alan Blackwell, Etruscan Press, 102 pages. $17. Credit: Courtesy The Roman poet Ovid lived from 43 BC to 17 or 18 AD, during the ...