Insect Dreams
The Half Life Of Gregor Samsa
by Marc Estrin
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A hilarious novel filled with cultural history, musical theory, nuclear physics, and a world of ideas follows Gregor Samsa, who, having metamorphosed into a cockroach, is sold into a Viennese sideshow by his chambermaid, where he lectures carnival crowds on the implications of Rilke and Herr Spengler, and over the course of thirty years and two continents, discovers the true meaning of his existence.
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Insect Dreams: The Half Life Of Gregor Samsa
November 10, 2005, Unbridled Books
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1932961097 9781932961096
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Insect dreams: the half life of Gregor Samsa
2002, BlueHen Books
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0399148361 9780399148361
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"Wunderkammer Hoffnung-Amadeus Hoffnung's Cabinet of Wonders-had begun as the hobby of a diminutive, shy adolescent: his childhood rock and insect collections, his autographs of singers from the Vienna State Opera, the paintings made by his oddly talented cat, and what was clearly the largest ball of string ever imagined by his otherwise mocking cohorts."
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