Insect Dreams
  • Published:
    Oct-2005
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Fantasy
  • Pages:
    288
  • Age Level:
    14 & up
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The metamorphosis of Gregor Samsa was surely one of the momentous transformations of modern times. Kafka's burning vision of the future ended with Gregor being swept into a dustbin. But what if Gregor were to survive and live to challenge the wrongs clouding humanity's horizon? In Insect Dreams, Gregor -- rescued by profiteers -- will sharpen his mind against the minds of Wittgenstein and Rilke, dance to the crazy rhythms of Prohibition, and appear as a surprise witness at the Scopes trial. Eventually, he'll meet FDR, join the brain trust, and move into the White House.

But a talking cockroach with an ethical agenda can wear out his welcome, and soon Gregor is reassigned as a risk management consultant for the Manhattan Project. What follows is nothing less than the explosive birth of contemporary existence -- and the culmination of a tale that is as intellectually ambitious as it is warmhearted and funny.
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EDITIONS
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    • First Edition
    • Oct-2005
    • Unbridled Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1932961097
    • ISBN13: 9781932961096
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    • Feb-2003
    • Berkley
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0425188604
    • ISBN13: 9780425188606
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    • Feb-2002
    • Putnam
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0399148361
    • ISBN13: 9780399148361
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    • Feb-2003
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101220775
    • ISBN13: 9781101220771



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