The actual process of this metamorphosis tends to get forgotten entirely, which is a shame, since it too is an incredible story of growth and resiliency. For instance, did you know that the year ...

In his most famous work, The Metamorphosis, published in 1915, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find that he has transformed into a giant insect (the phrase "monstrous vermin" is used).

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” Thus begins the most well known novella of the twentieth century, Die Verwandlung ...