Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka;Will Aaltonen Pearson

''A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.'' - Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis tells the tale of Gregor Samsa, a young salesman, who wakes up one day to find he has turned into ''a kind of giant bug''. Samsa has been a model of virtue for years, single-handedly supporting his parents and sister, but suddenly he finds himself an outcast in his own home, facing a world in which he no longer has a place.

Both harrowing and humorous, Metamorphosis is a strange, subtle, and moving story which everyone should read.