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The Cockroach is a satirical novella by the author Ian McEwan, published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape, inspired by Kafka's The Metamorphosis and loosely based on the ramifications of Brexit.
A cockroach becomes a human and the prime minister of the UK in this novel that reverses Kafka's The Metamorphosis. McEwan mocks the Brexit debate, the political leaders and the media in a humorous and original way.
25 de set. de 2019 · “The Cockroach” is so toothless and wan that it may drive his readers away in long apocalyptic caravans. The young McEwan, the author of blacker-than-black little novels, the man who acquired...
27 de set. de 2019 · A political satire inspired by Kafka's The Metamorphosis, where a man wakes up as a giant cockroach and becomes the most powerful leader in Britain. Read ratings, reviews, and excerpts from this contemporary fiction book by the award-winning author of Atonement.
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Inspired by Franz Kafka ’s The Metamorphosis, the novella The Cockroach (2019) concerns Brexit (the British exit from the European Union ). In 2022 McEwan published his 18th novel, Lessons, which follows a man’s life over some 70 years and addresses the lasting impact of a predatory piano teacher and his wife’s abandonment.
20 de mai. de 2024 · A genomic analysis of 281 cockroaches collected from 17 countries around the world suggests that Blattella germanica, the German cockroach, originated in India or Myanmar around 2,100 years ago...
