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Kafka’s The Metamorphosis: Gregor’s Da-Sein Paralyzed by Debt

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Livesay, L. (2007). Kafka’s The Metamorphosis: Gregor’s Da-Sein Paralyzed by Debt. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Temporality in Life as Seen Through Literature. Analecta Husserliana, vol 86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5331-2_24

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