• the-library-and-step-on-it:

Vladimir Nabokov admired Franz Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis. But he also saw some small ways to wordsmith the story, or at least the English translation of it. Above, we have some edits — the nips and tucks — that Nabokov scribbled on his personal copy of Kafka’s most famous work.

    the-library-and-step-on-it:

    Vladimir Nabokov admired Franz Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis. But he also saw some small ways to wordsmith the story, or at least the English translation of it. Above, we have some edits — the nips and tucks — that Nabokov scribbled on his personal copy of Kafka’s most famous work.

    (via booklover)