Apparently, in the shockingly corrupt world we live in, not even a man’s suffering from entomological dysplasia is sacred.
The NYT broke the story:
” ‘The Metamorphosis’–purported to be the fictional account of a man who turns into a large cockroach–is actually non-fiction,” according to a statement released by Mr. Kafka’s editor, who spoke only on the condition that he be identified as E.
Genius.
I forwarded the story to my daughter, who’s the biggest Kafka fan I know, and she asked me suspiciously, “Is this for real?” So apparently it’s one of those jokes that’s oddly plausible in these odd times…