Beyond Good and Evil + Metamorphosis (Set of 2 books)(Paperback, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Franz Kafka)
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The book, beyond good & evil, is written by a philosopher, Freidrich Nietzsche (15th October 1844 25th August, 1900). he was a German philosopher. He was a composer, poet, writer, and philologist also. Although he started his career as a philologist then he switched over to philosophy. He became the youngest person ever to hold the chair of classical philology at the University of Basel. But due to his health problem he couldn't continue. in the book, Nietzsche has criticizes the past philosophers due to lacking in their critics quality and also their accepting dogmatic concepts blindly. It narrates about leaving traditional morality, which the author subjects to a destructive critique. He suggest fearless confrontation against the perilous condition of modern individual. It is a comprehensive overview of nietzsches mature philosophy. Nietzsche asks the question, What compel us to assume there exists any essential antithesis between true and false? he discusses the complexities of the German soul. He praises France as the seat of European most spiritual and refined culture and the leading school of taste. in prophetic statement, Nietzsche proclaims that the time for petty politics is the things of past; the very next century will bring with it the struggle for mystery over the whole Earth.,Franz Kafka the author has very nicely narrated the story of Gregou Samsa who wakes up one day to discover that he has metamorphosed into a bug.The book concerns itself with the themes of alienation and existentialism.The author has written many important stories including ‘The Judgement’ and much of his novels ‘Amerika’ ‘The Castle’ ‘The Hunger Artist’.Many of his stories were published during his lifetime but many were not. Over the course of the 1920s and 30s Kafka’s works were published and translated instantly becoming landmarks of twentieth-century literature.Ironically the story ends on an optimistic note as the family puts itself back together.The style of the book epitomizes Kafka’s writing.Kafka very interestingly used to present an impossible situation such as a man’s transformation into an insect and develop the story from there with perfect realism and intense attention to detail.The Metamorphosis is an autobiographical piece of writing and we find that parts of the story reflect Kafka’s own life.