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Description edit
It seems the Samsas' chambermaid only claimed to sweep into the dustbin the twentieth century's most remarkable contemplative. Instead, having spirited him from his bedchamber, she apparently sold the metamorphosed Gregor to a Viennese sideshow, where-it being 1915-he could earn his living... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gregor Samsa: Add a description of this character.
- Szilard
- Alice Paul
- Feynman
- Einstein
- Roosevelt
- Mr. Ives
- Hitler
- Tilano
- Rudi
- Hoover
- Musil
- Gaby
- Spengler
- Fermi
- Tugwell
- Oppie
- Ulla
- Amadeus
- Tomzak
- Wittgenstein
- Dr. Lindhorst
- Herr W.
- Herr Samsa
- Wigner
- Emil
- Slonimsky
- Herr Hoffnung
- Anna Marie
- Oppenheimer
- Mr. Samson
- Chuang Tzu
- Darrow
- Kisty
- Roentgen
- Izzy
- Jane
- Soukup
- Nella
- Bernard
- Lamy
- Kafka
- Edith
- Bob Serber
Setting & Locations edit
- America
- Washington
- White House
- Prague
- Germany
- New York
- Los Alamos
- Vienna
- United States
- Chicago
- Europe
- Berlin
- New Mexico
- Princeton
- Tech Area
- Tokyo
- Columbia
- Boston
- Japan
- Dayton
- Genia
- Tennessee
- Albany
- Town Hall
- East Room
- Cuba
- Wall Street
- Long Island
- St. Louis
- London
- Miami
- Lower East Side
- Broadway
- Los Angeles
First Sentence edit
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.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marc Estrin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0399148361
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0399148361
Page Count: 480
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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