Vladimir Nabokov - The Metamorphosis

I always saw a millipede type insect with a shell. I don't think Kafka wanted to name an insect, he just wanted it to be monsorous and dirty.

Beetle? I always had cockroaches in mind!

So where's Thomas Pynchon among the crowd?

Nabokov would cherish this wonderful performance from a genius actor. Very addictive !

I had a French teacher who spoke a bit like this.He came from Switzerland I think,If you made a mistake he called you a DIRTY CABBAGE.Food for thought there!

1.Cubra sua boca com a mão
2. Faça um desejo
3.Feche sua mão (punho)
4.Ponha sua mão no coração durante 5 segundos
5. Envie isto para mais 3 vídeos
6. Amanhã vai ser o melhor dia da sua vida

this is pathetic!!! if Kafka would see this he would suffer!

With new eyes will I re-read this story ... THis clip is amazing--

I can't believe this exists! Thank you thank you thank for posting it!

I agree. Not only is he excessive with dialogue, but some of his mannerisms -- like italicizing only one syllable of a word -- are, in the end, just mannerisms. But he is a master in using gestures to enliven the story. There are many gestures that stay with you forever after reading a Salinger story -- like some bits with an ashtray in "Franny & Zooey", or numerous things in "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" -- much as bits of dialogue can stay with you.