The proven aids for preparing for lessons, assignments, exams, and the Abitur are presented with new content and in a new design - more differentiated, comprehensive, and clearer!

• Precise tables of contents for an introduction to the text
• Clear analyses of characters, structure, language, and style
• Reliable interpretations with concise textual evidence
• Information about the author and the historical context
• Didactically prepared infographics, illustrations, and tables
• Current literature and media recommendations

Completely new elements include:

• Exam questions and control options
• Key terms and definitions as a learning lexicon

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect.” The first sentence of Kafka's famous story abruptly conveys the irritation that has penetrated the relationship with empirical reality and defines the problematic interface between external and internal realities.