several publishers realized how good kafka’s writings were and asked him whether they could publish his works. kafka reluctantly let a few things be published. one of these works was a story called " metamorphosis" (german: "die verwandlung"). it is about a man called gregor samsa (the name “samsa” means "loner" or "lonely"). gregor wakes up one morning to find he has changed into a giant cockroach. his family becomes ashamed of him and they stop looking after him so that he slowly dies. stories like these are a kind of fable. they are full of strange and frightening situations.