Estrin, Marc
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1939- ) US cellist and author, whose first novel, Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa (2002), translates the story of Samsa, from Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (1915 chap; trans 1937), into what might be called sf: after his transformation into a giant bug, Samsa is rescued by his family's maid and sold to a circus, from which vantage he observes and manifests through his inner life the turmoils of twentieth-century Europe. Estrin's later novels – The Education of Arnold Hitler (2005) and Golem Song (2006) – are gonzo twice-tolds with no real fantastic content. [JC]
Marc Estrin
born New York: 20 April 1939
works
- Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa (New York: Putnam/Blue Hen, 2002) [hb/Honi Werner]
- The Education of Arnold Hitler (Port Collins, Colorado: Unbridled Books, 2005) [pb/]
- Golem Song (Port Collins, Colorado: Unbridled Books, 2006) [pb/]
- The Lamentations of Julius Marantz (Port Collins, Colorado: Unbridled Books, 2007) [pb/]
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