Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa
by Estrin, Marc
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Lake Huntington, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The metamorphosis of Kafka’s Gregor Samsa from fabric salesman to cockroach was surely one of the momentous transformations of the modern world. Now, in Marc Estrin’s astounding debut, Gregor undergoes yet another metamorphosis—one that propels him across the rocky and often ridiculous landscape of the early twentieth century. In these continuously surprising pages, Estrin’s Gregor—secretly sold to a Viennese sideshow by the Samsas’ chambermaid—comes to sharpen his mind against those of Wittgenstein, Spengler and Einstein; dance to the crazy rhythm of American Prohibition; appear as a surprise witness at the Scopes trial; become intimately involved in Alice Paul’s feminist movement (and with Alice Paul); encounter the KKK; and confer with FDR, and Robert Oppenheimer—and emerge from it all as the very essence of modern conscience.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000115
- Title
- Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa
- Author
- Estrin, Marc
- Illustrator
- Book Design By Marysarah Quinn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blue Hen Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Fiction, Philosophy, Twentieth Century American Fiction, Gregor Samsa, Franz Kafka, Marc Estrin, 469 pp. Bibliography. A 1/2 inch remainder mark on bottom of pages. Not price-clipped. Two black marks on DJ. Marc Estrin is a writer, cellist, and activist l
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Philosophy; Twentieth Century American Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Veery Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Veery Books
About Veery Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...