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A quote by Franz Kafka

What if I went on sleeping a little longer and forgot all this madness?

Franz Kafka

New English translation prepared for this collection from the German original.

From the source

The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung), Part I.

German text: Die Verwandlung, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1917 edition. First published in 1915.

Gregor’s thought after discovering his transformation. The English question translates the quoted German clause.

Original German

Wie wäre es, wenn ich noch ein wenig weiterschliefe und alle Narrheiten vergäße,