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Family

A quote by Franz Kafka

He thought back on his family with tenderness and love.

Franz Kafka

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

From the source

The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung), Part III.

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

A sentence from the account of Gregor’s final night.

Original German

An seine Familie dachte er mit Rührung und Liebe zurück.