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The Cockroach

Von: Ian McEwan
Gesprochen von: Bill Nighy
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Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwan

That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.

Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain – and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.

With trademark intelligence, insight and scabrous humour, Ian McEwan pays tribute to Franz Kafka’s most famous work to engage with a world turned on its head.

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A comic triumph… How do you make a show of people who are doing such a fabulous job of making a show of themselves? McEwan manages to do so with great style and comic panache. (Fintan O'Toole)
The Cockroach is a satirical novella for our times, sharply observed and often very funny… an entertaining read, confronting the reality of Britain today.
The latest instalment in his [McEwan’s] imaginative scrambling of English social history and of reality… [McEwan] finds room, amid all the Hansard send-ups and diplomatic silliness, to allude to more troubling physical-philosophical quandaries, while positing an alternative history of economic thought that culminates in a wayward version of our present. (Leo Robson)
Brexit has such a camp, knowing, performative quality that it is almost impossible to inflate it any further… McEwan manages to do so with great style and comic panache… very funny… McEwan’s comic parable at least provides some relief from a political farce that has long gone beyond a joke. (Fintan O'Toole)
A well-constructed novella by a master of the art. (Stephen Bush)
The satire is impeccably managed. Cleverly rendered, yet imprecise parallels ensure there is sufficient distance for the humour to be effective… it is comic relief in the darkest sense. (Cora MacGregor)
Like McEwan's other work, The Cockroach is a beautifully written novella and an in-depth critique of Britain's current political situation… I found this an exciting and inventive retelling of Kafka's classic tale, and a clever commentary on not just Brexit, but modern British politics as a whole. (Meg Horridge)
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Sprachlich genial, urkomisch, bitterbös und leider viel zu nah an der Wahrheit- Nicht nur für Brexit-Gegner ein wahrer Hörgenuss

So gut wie Kafkas Vorlage- nur viel lustiger

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Eine in Teilen amüsante Satire über die "wahren" Hintergründe des Brexit, allerdings recht holzschniittartig. Grandios gelesen!

Brexit-Satire

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Brilliant idea and Bill Nighy is an excellent narrator. One does not have to ask "Warum?" at the end of the book :).
It takes Kafka's "Metamorphosis" as a starting point only, so don't expect a similar story line.

Die Verwandlung

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Absolutely brilliant! And brilliantly read. Highly recommendable for all those who can read between the lines.

The Cockroach

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