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As Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect. So begins Franz Kafka's powerful story, Metamorphosis written in 1915. Kafka's stories deal with the problems and disenchantments of modern man as he struggles to find hope and meaning in life.

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  • "Metamorphosis"@en
  • "Metamorphosis"
  • "Franz Kafka"
  • "Sammlung"
  • "In der Strafkolonie <engl.&gt"
  • "Prozess"
  • "Verwandlung"
  • "Verwandlung"@en
  • "Short stories. English. Selections"
  • "Franz Kafka in vijf boeken"
  • "Hongerkunstenaar"
  • "Hongerkunstenaar en andere verhalen"
  • "henshin"@en
  • "Die Verwandlung <engl.&gt"
  • "Erzählungen"
  • "変身"
  • "Franz Kafka's bizarre masterpiece, the metamorphosis"@en
  • "Verwandlung. English"
  • "Kafka Kassette"
  • "Judgement"
  • "Judgement"@en
  • "Gesammelte Werke / Franz Kafka"
  • "Proměna"
  • "De gedaanteverwisseling"

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  • "As Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect. So begins Franz Kafka's powerful story, Metamorphosis written in 1915. Kafka's stories deal with the problems and disenchantments of modern man as he struggles to find hope and meaning in life."@en
  • "As travelling salesman Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly stay in place and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."
  • "The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world; Elias Canetti described it as ""one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written during this century."" The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. Rather than lament his transformation, Gregor worries about how he will get to his job as a traveling salesman; Gregor is the sole financial provider fo."
  • "Works that explore the anxiety, futility and complexity of modern life."
  • "The Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the most famous of Kafka's works, along with The Trial and The Castle. The story begins when a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Curiously, his condition does not arouse surprise in his family, who merely despise it as an impending burden. As with all of Kafka's works, The Metamorphosis is open to a wide range of interpretations. Most obvious are themes relating to society's treatment of those who are different, the loneliness of isolation, and the absurdity of the human condition."
  • ""When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing -- though absurdly comic -- meditation on human feelings of inadequecy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the mosst widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.""@en
  • "Franz Kafka's nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern man's anxiety and alienation in a bizarre, hostile, and dehumanized world. This vision is most fully realized in Kafka's masterpiece, "The Metamorphosis," a story that is both harrowing and amusing, and a landmark of modern literature. Bringing together some of Kafka's finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness and variety of the author's artistry. "The Judgment," which Kafka considered to be his decisive breakthrough, and "The Stoker," which became the first chapter of his novel "Amerika, are here included. These two, along with "The Metamorphosis," form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as "The Sons," and they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family. Jason Baker is a writer of short stories living in Brooklyn, New York."@en
  • "Soubor Kafkových kratších próz a povídek, jejichž část vyšla česky dosud jen v časopisech. Obsahuje sbírky Rozjímání, Venkovský lékař, Umělec v hladovění a samostatné povídky Ortel, Proměna a V kárném táboře; prakticky vše, očem přísně sebekritický a pochybnostmi o svých tvůrčích schopnostech trpící spisovatel ve své poslední vůli uznal, že "platí", kdežto vše ostatní označil za vhodné jen k spálení."
  • "A novel about a man who finds himself transformed into a huge insect, and the effects of this change upon his life. This is a fantastic horror story about a hapless man who is turned into an insect. When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing -- though absurdly comic -- meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction."@en
  • "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin, a giant beetlelike insect, thus becoming an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, an a quintessentially alienated man."
  • "A novel about a man who finds himself transformed into a huge insect, and the effects of this change upon his life. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man."@en
  • "One of Kafka's most famous stories, 'Metamorphosis' explores the notions of alienation and human loneliness, demonstrating his extraordinary narrative techniques and depth of imagination. In the second story the relationship between a father and son is explored."
  • "Keuze uit de verhalen van de Duits-Tsjechische schrijver (1883-1924)."
  • "One of Kafka's most famous stories, 'Metamorphosis' explores the notions of alienation and human loneliness, demonstrating his extraordinary narrative techniques and depth of imagination. In the second story the relationship between a father and son is explored."@en
  • ""The Metamorphosis" emerges in one of the most famous, and most variously translated, lines in Western literature-its first: "As Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams one morning, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." This is marvelously funny. Instead of waking up from a nightmare, Gregor wakes up into one. Reality, the only balm for bad dreams, is significantly less reassuring when you wake up hideously disfigured. But in Kafka's fiction, the rational and the irrational intertwine menacingly. Often these irrational elements spring from the minds of his characters and manifest themselves physically. Ideas are metamorphosed into reality, with little effort on the characters' parts. Here Gregor's idea, originating in his "unsettling dreams," has followed him into the real world. The echo and confirmation of this reality comes in the second paragraph: "It was no dream." Unlike Lewis Carroll's Alice, who, after transforming several times, wakes up, Gregor's most bizarre adventure is real, and has only just begun."@en
  • "This collection brings together some of Kafka's best known shorter fiction in a new translation by Ian Johnston."@en
  • "This newly-translated selection of Kafka's shorter prose writings includes one of the few works published during his lifetime: the harrowing story of Gregor Samsa's overnight transformation into a verminous insect."@en
  • "A man wakes up one day to find he has been changed into a large insect/beetle. The story follows his efforts to deal with this, and his family's reaction to the change. But it's not just a story about a man turning into a beetle, it's a clever way of writing about how a family would deal with the main breadwinner in the house becoming unable to work, and also on a wider scope, the way a family (and the world at large) reacts to someone who is disabled, or terminally ill."
  • "Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. So begins The Metamorphosis, one of the most recognizable opening lines in literature. The story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who, after transforming overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man. One of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction, The Metamorphosis is a harrowing yet absurdly comic meditation on inadequacy, guilt, and isolation. A work in which, in the words of Vladimir Nabokov, "contrast and unity, style and matter, manner and plot are most perfectly integrated." Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. Read with confidence."@en
  • "When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin. With a bewildering blend of the everyday and the fantastical, Kafka thus begins his most famous short story, The Metamorphosis. A commercial traveller is unexpectedly freed from his dreary job by his inexplicable transformation into an insect, which drastically alters his relationship with his family. Kafka considered publishing it with two of the stories included here in a volume to be called Punishments. The Judgement also concerns family tensions, when a power struggle between father and son ends with the father passing an enigmatic judgement on the helpless son. The third story, In the Penal Colony, explores questions of power, justice, punishment, and the meaning of pain in a colonial setting. These three stories are flanked by two very different works. Meditation, the first book Kafka published, consists of light, whimsical, often poignant mood-pictures, while in the autobiographical Letter to his Father, Kafka analyses his difficult relationship in forensic and devastating detail."@en
  • "Literature Online includes the KnowledgeNotes student guides, a unique collection of critical introductions to major literary works. These high-quality, peer-reviewed academic resources are tailored to the needs of literature students and serve as a complement to the guidance provided by lecturers and seminar teachers."@en
  • "Literature Online includes the KnowledgeNotes student guides, a unique collection of critical introductions to major literary works. These high-quality, peer-reviewed academic resources are tailored to the needs of literature students and serve as a complement to the guidance provided by lecturers and seminar teachers."
  • "This novella "explores the trials and tribulations of a young man struggling under the expectations of those around him. Kafka's magical realism takes the reader from Gregor Samsa's transformation from man to giant insect and through his subsequent isolation." -- P.4 of cover."
  • "Collects seven short stories by the great Czech writer whose works have come to epitomize the alienation and dilemmas of 20th century humanity. The title story tells of a minor civil servant who awakes one morning to discover that he has turned into a gigaintic insect."
  • "As traveling salesman Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome like brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly stay in place and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."
  • ""Described by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written during the 20th century," this short fable about a man who wakes up one morning transformed into a giant insect is deeply funny in its tragedy and heartbreaking in its humor. Grefot Samsa's unusual plight and his family's peevish response reveal deeply true and unsettling facts abou tthe absurdity and indignity of being human"--Publisher."@en
  • "CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This hugely influential work inspired George Orwell, Albert Camus, Jorge Louis Borges, and Ray Bradbury, while continuing to unsettle millions of readers.In her new translation of Kafka's masterpiece, Susan Bernofsky strives to capture both the humor and the humanity in this macabre tale, underscoring the ways in which Gregor Samsa's grotesque metamorphosis is just the physical manifestation of his longstanding spiritual impoverishment."
  • "A collection of short stories by the great Czech writer whose works have come to epitomize the alienation and dilemmas of 20th century humanity. The title story tells of a minor civil servant who awakes one morning to discover that he has turned into a gigantic insect."@en
  • "A collection of writings by Franz Kafka, featuring the title work in which a man wakes one morning to find he has been transformed into an insect, and including "The Judgement," "In the Penal Colony," the autobiographical "Letter to His Father," and "Meditation," a series of mood-pictures."
  • "The Metamorphosis is a short story written by author Franz Kafka. Originally published in 1915, The Metamorphosis is considered to be the most famous of Kafka's works. It is the story of a traveling salesman, named Gregor Samsa, who while trying to find himself transforms into a monstrous vermin. The Metamorphosis is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, and for those who are discovering his works for the first time."@en
  • "A seemingly ordinary man, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning only to discover that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect and must deal with the depression over his new physical alteration, as well as the rejection of his family, in a new translation honoring the 125th anniversary of the author's birth."@en
  • "The Metamorphosis begins almost comically. A man wakes up to find he has turned into an insect. But the claustrophobic, dirty room and the increasingly distressed narrator soon turn this into a tale of slow horror. Most horrifying of all is his family's reaction to his metamorphosis and their final solution to the problem."
  • "The Metamorphosis begins almost comically. A man wakes up to find he has turned into an insect. But the claustrophobic, dirty room and the increasingly distressed narrator soon turn this into a tale of slow horror. Most horrifying of all is his family's reaction to his metamorphosis and their final solution to the problem."@en
  • "Often cited as one of the most influential works of short fiction of the 20th century, Metamorphosis is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elias Canetti described it as ""one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written ... """@en
  • "Short stories presenting the author's view of the world as a hostile and dehumanized place."@en
  • "A brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafka's classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug. Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a kinetic illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "In this, his most famous story, Kafka explores the notions of alienation and human loneliness through extraordinary narrative technique and depth of imagination. Gregor Samsa awakens one morning to find himself transformed into a repulsive bug. Trapped inside this hideous form, his mind remains unchanged until he sees the shocked reaction of those around him. He begins to question the basis of human love and, indeed, the entire purpose of his existence. But this, it seems, is only the beginning of his ordeal."@en
  • "This collection brings together the stories that Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime. To Max Brod, his literary executor, he wrote: "Of all my writings the only books that can stand are these." From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. The author explores the confusing nature of human experience with compelling originality."@en
  • "Bringing together some of Kafka's finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness and variety of the author's artistry. "The Judgment," which Kafka considered to be his decisive breakthrough, and "The Stoker," which became the first chapter of his novel Amerika, are included. These two, along with "The Metamorphosis" form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as "The Sons," and they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family.--Barnes & Noble."@en
  • "Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. This extraordinary tale of imagination was written by Kafka against the backdrop of increasing turmoil in central Europe and remains not just an affecting tale but a disturbing allegory."@en
  • "The absurdity of life; the disconnect between mind and body; the limits of sympathy; alienation. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect."
  • "When Gregor Samsa awakens one morning, he discovers that he has changed into a giant dung beetle."@en

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  • "Records and correspondence"
  • "Verhalen (teksten)"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Quelle"
  • "Comic books, strips, etc"@en
  • "Study guides"
  • "Study guides"@en
  • "Short stories"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Glossaries, vocabularies, etc"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"@es
  • "Translations"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Biography"
  • "German fiction"@en
  • "Specimens"@en
  • "Roman allemand"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "German short stories"
  • "Readers"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945"
  • "Bilingual books"
  • "Bilingual editions"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Pražské německé povídky"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Dictionaries"@en
  • "Pražské německé romány"
  • "Modern fiction"@en
  • "Graphic novels"@en
  • "Nowele austriackie"
  • "Německy psané povídky"
  • "Dvojjazyčná vydání"
  • "Short stories in German"
  • "Adaptations"@en

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  • "Gesammelte Werke : Der Prozess"
  • "Obras Completas novelas-cuentos-relatos"@es
  • "Gesammelte Werke Der Prozess Roman"
  • "The metamorphosis = henshin"@en
  • "The metamorphosis : a new translation"
  • "Gesammelte Werke. Herausgegeben von Max Brod. (Briefe an Milena. Herausgegeben von Willy Haas.-Briefe an Ottla und die Familie. Herausgegeben von Hartmut Binder und Klaus Wagenbach.)"@en
  • "Rofe kefari : sipurim ketanim"
  • "Metamorphosis"@en
  • "Metamorphosis"
  • "Gesammelte Werke Das Schloss : Roman"
  • "Obras completes (novelas, cuentos, relatos)"
  • "Povı́dky"
  • "Za metamorufoshisu"@ja
  • "Ortel"
  • "The metamorphosis; Die Verwandlung"@en
  • "Gesammelte Werke Das Schloß"
  • "Obras completas : novelas, cuentos, relatos"
  • "Obras completas : novelas, cuentos, relatos"@es
  • "Metamorphosis And Other Stories"@en
  • "Metamorphosis : with, the judgement"
  • "Gesammelte Werke : Erzählungen"
  • "Gesammelte Werke Der Prozess : Roman"
  • "THE METAMORPHOSIS"
  • "The metamorphosis = Proměna"
  • "Gesammelte Werke [in Einzelbänden]"
  • "Obras Completas"
  • "Een hongerkunstenaar en andere verhalen tijdens het leven van de schrijver gepubliceerd"
  • "Erzaehlungen"
  • "Sipurim u-firḳe hitbonenut"
  • "The metamorphosis Die Verwandlung"@en
  • "The Metamorphosis and Other Stories"@en
  • "Metamorphosis and other stories works published during Kafka's lifetime"
  • "Obras completas : (novelas, cuentos, relatos)"@es
  • "Metamorphosis, and other stories. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir"@en
  • "Metamorphosis and other Stories"
  • "The metamorphosis and other stories"@en
  • "The metamorphosis and other stories"
  • "Gesammelte Werke Erzählungen"
  • "The metamorphosis = Die Verwandlung"
  • "The metamorphosis = Die Verwandlung"@en
  • "Erzählungen. Der Prozess. Das Schloss = Rasskasy. Prozess. Samok"
  • "Gesammelte Werke Beschreibung eines Kampfes : Novellen, Skizzen, Aphorismen aus dem Nachlass"
  • "The metamorphosis = die Verwandlung"@en
  • "Gesammelte Werke"
  • "Gesammelte Werke"@en
  • "Obras completas : (novelas, cuentos, realtos)"
  • "Metamorphosis : with the judgement"
  • "Die Erzählungen und andere augewählte Prosa"
  • "Obras completas novelas, cuentos, relatos"@es
  • "The Metamorphosis : Die Verwandlung"@en
  • "Gesammelte Werke. IV, Erzählungen"
  • "I straffekolonien og andre fortellinger"
  • "The metamorphosis = 変身"
  • "Metamorphosis and other stories"@en
  • "Metamorphosis and other stories"
  • "The metamorphosis, a hunger artist, in the penal colony, and other stories"@en
  • "Proměna a jiné povídky"
  • "Povídky"
  • "Metamorphosis and other stories : works published during Kafka's lifetime"
  • "ספורים ופרקי התבוננות"
  • "Obras completas : (Novelas Cuentos Relatos)"
  • "The metamorphosis"
  • "The metamorphosis"@en
  • "Povídky 3. (Manželský pár a jiné texty z pozůstalosti) / [z německého orig. přel. a komentář naps. Jiří Stromšík]"
  • "Een hongerkunstenaar en andere verhalen"
  • "Gesammelte Werke / 1. Ein Landarzt und andere Drucke zu Lebzeiten"
  • "Rupāntara"
  • "Gesammelte werke in zwholf bhanden"@en
  • "Rofe kafri : sipurim ḳeṭanim"
  • "Die Verwandlung"
  • "Die Verwandlung"@en
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Obras completas: novelas"@es
  • "Gesammelte Werke ; Der Prozess"
  • "‏ספורים ופרקי התבוננות /‏"
  • "Gesammelte Werke : Taschenbuchausgabe in sieben Bänden"
  • "Franz Kafka's bizarre masterpiece, The metamophosis"@en
  • "סיפורים ופרקי התבוננות"
  • "Erzählungen"
  • "˜Theœ metamorphosis"
  • "Gesammelte Werke : Taschenbuchausg. in sieben Bänden"
  • "[Gesammelte Werke]"
  • "I straffekolonien : og andre fortellinger"
  • "Een hongerkunstenaar [en andere verhalen]"
  • "רופא כפרי : סיפורים קטנים"
  • "The Metamorphosis and other stories"@en
  • "Cuentos fantásticos"
  • "Cuentos fantásticos"@es
  • "Metamorphosis, and other stories"@en
  • "Metamorphosis and Other Stories"@en
  • "Die Erzählungen : und andere ausgew. Prosa"
  • "Obras completas : (novelas-cuentos-relatos)"@es
  • "The Metamorphosis die verwandlung"@en
  • "Metamorphosis : and other stories"
  • "Metamorphosis : and other stories"@en
  • "Gesammelte Werke Briefe an Felice und andere Korrespondenz aus der Verlobungszeit / Hrsg. von Erich Heller u. Jürgen Born. Mit e. Einl. von Erich Heller"
  • "Een hongerkunstenaar Het model voor de uitgever, augustus 1956"
  • "Erzählungen. Der Prozess"
  • "Gesammelte Werke. Erzählungen"
  • "Een hongerkunstenaar : en andere verhalen"
  • "Gesammelte Werke : Roman"
  • "Erzählungen ; Der Prozess ; Das Schloss"
  • "Metamorphosis with the judgement"@en
  • "Gesammelte Werke Briefe an Milena / Hrsg. u. mit e. Nachw. versehen von Willy Haas"
  • "Metamorphosis [Kafka]"
  • "Gesammelte Werke. 4, Erzählungen"
  • "Povídky 1. (Proměna a jiné texty vydané za života) / [z německého orig. přel. Vladimír Kafka ...]"
  • "Obras completas"
  • "Obras completas"@es
  • "Rofe kefari : Sipurim ḳeṭanim"
  • "Gesammelte Werke : Briefe an Milena"
  • "Gesammelte Werke. [4], Erzählungen"
  • "The Metamorphosis"@es
  • "The Metamorphosis"@en
  • "The Metamorphosis"
  • "Gesammelte Werke Amerika : Roman"
  • "Erzählungen : Textausgabe"
  • "Gesammelte Werke 4, Erzahlungen"
  • "Erzählungen : Der Prozeß (Roman) : Das Schloß (Roman)"
  • "Een hongerkunstenaar"
  • "The Metamorphosis and other selected short works"@en
  • "The Metamorphosis and other selected short works"

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