How long does it take to read The Metamorphosis?
Peter Kuper
The Metamorphosis by Peter Kuper takes about 1 hour 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 25 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2003. 77 pages, about 21,175 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafka's classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug.Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a kinetic illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Kuper's electric drawings--where American cartooning meets German expressionism--bring Kafka's prose to vivid life, reviving the original story's humor and poignancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Adaptations, Graphic novels, Fiction, Families, Alienation, Comic books, strips
