NMLP P-039825 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka · Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig · 1915

Kafka wrote to the publisher insisting the insect itself not be drawn, and it is not depicted — any cover showing a beetle is not this edition

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039825 for "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039825, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).