Funnily enough Franz Kafka himself specifically requested - upon the publishing of his novel - that the cover not feature any depiction of an insect of any kind and to let the reader imagine what sort of vague ambiguous insectoid Gregor may have turned into. He also suggested perhaps and image of an open door leading to a dark room (specific wording escapes me).
SIXTYNINE-420 t1_je3s9ry wrote
Reply to The Metamorphosis by me! by OgnjenPavkovicArt
Funnily enough Franz Kafka himself specifically requested - upon the publishing of his novel - that the cover not feature any depiction of an insect of any kind and to let the reader imagine what sort of vague ambiguous insectoid Gregor may have turned into. He also suggested perhaps and image of an open door leading to a dark room (specific wording escapes me).