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Tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect

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Science fiction novel, concerning a future sub-mariner who works in the field of mariculture, herding whales. The story includes the capture of a sea monster similar to a kraken.