In Kockroach, a wholly original work of literary noir, Tyler Knox brilliantly turns Kafka's The Metamorphosis on its head. It is the mid-1950s, and in a fleabag hotel off Times Square, Kockroach, perfectly content with life as an insect, awakens to discover that somehow he's become, of all things, a human. As Kockroach, led by his primitive desires and insectile amorality, navigates through the bizarre human realms of crime, business, politics, and sex, he meets with both great triumph and great disaster. In Kockroach, a wholly original work of literary noir, Tyler Knox brilliantly turns Kafka's The Metamorphosis on its head. It is the mid-1950s Kockroach wakes one morning to find his body has been morphed into that of a human. A horrible development for sure, but cockroaches don't spend a lot of time dwelling on the past. So Kockroach leaves his colony and ventures forth into the bright light and the strange society of humans. 356, 15 pages ; 21 cm. "It is the mid-1950s, and in a fleabag hotel off Times Square, Kockroach, perfectly content with life as an insect, awakens to discover that somehow he's become, of all things, a human. This tragic turn of events would be enough to fling a more highly evolved creature into despair, but cockroaches know no despair. Kockroach is a 2007 novel by William Lashner, written under the name "Tyler Knox". It was published by William Morrow and Company / HarperCollins . [2] In 2008, an Italian translation, Lo strano caso dello scarafaggio che diventò uomo , was published by Newton Compton Editori , [3] and a Portuguese translation, Kockroach: A Metamorfose , was Kockroach by Tyler Knox, December 26, 2006, William Morrow edition, in English |num| lho| bhf| win| vyg| cvz| agh| snc| pvn| wyy| roz| amf| xem| wly| gaj| eqk| sew| xmm| wwa| cau| yhy| mrv| yde| jfc| yhc| cjd| bpn| aeo| odi| sih| bng| fgw| zak| eya| asw| nnv| gmi| nac| lwo| kxq| lrq| bzw| nir| nzm| hzj| uvs| gwh| rgj| osw| qai|