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Marquez was also inspired by Kafka's Metamorphosis, which was published in 1915.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/may/09/gabr...

In an interview, García Máquez, on reading the first sentence of The Metamorphosis, stopped reading and asked himself, is it possible to do this?

Never really felt like reading Metamorphosis or Kafka again

But at the time, it felt like such an incredible adventure

Thank you for the article and references

The new(ish) translations from Schocken Editions are a big improvement over what was available in the 20th century. Re-reading The Trial last month was a revelation.

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