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Franz Kafka Bibliography
Franz Kafka, a German-language writer of novels and short stories who is regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, was trained as a lawyer and later employed by an insurance company, writing only in his spare time. Fiction Novels Short stories Non-fiction Diaries and notebooks Letters Kafka wrote hundreds of letters to family and close female friends, including his father, his fiancée Felice Bauer, and his youngest sister Ottla. Essays Work-related writings Editions and collections Works and first publications in German Only a few of Kafka's works were published during his lifetime: the story collections ' (''Contemplation'') and ' (''A Country Doctor''), and individual stories (such as "" ("The Metamorphosis")) in literary magazines. He prepared the story collection ' (''A Hunger Artist'') for print, but it was not published until after his death. Kafka's unfinished works, including his novels ', ' and ' (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Old Manuscript
"An Old Manuscript" (German: "Ein altes Blatt"), alternatively translated as "An Old Leaf", is a short story by Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It .... It was written in 1919 and published in the collection '' Ein Landarzt'' (''A Country Doctor''). Plot summary The story begins as a shoemaker begins to open his shop at daybreak. He notices that a large group of nomads from the North have filled the town square. The nomads show no signs of culture, and soon transform the city into "a veritable sty". They show no respect for the townspeople and take everything they want from the stores without making any sort of payment. The Emperor appears at one of the palace windows and looks on as the nomads take control of the city, but he is unable to do anything. The sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Description Of A Struggle (collection)
''Description of a Struggle'' is a collection of short stories and story fragments by Franz Kafka. First published in 1936 after Kafka's death by Max Brod, it was translated by Tania and James Stern and published in 1958 by Schocken Books. Contents * Description of a Struggle * Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor * The Warden of the Tomb * The Refusal * Short pieces: ** Poseidon ** The Vulture ** The Departure ** Give It Up! ** At Night ** The Helmsman ** The Top ** The Test ** Advocates ** Home-Coming ** Fellowship ** Fragments of A Report to an Academy ** Fragment of The Great Wall of China ** The Conscription of Troops ** Fragment of The Hunter Gracchus Printings Kafka, Franz. ''Description of a Struggle''. New York: Schocken Books, 1958. See also *Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Description Of A Struggle
"Description of a Struggle" (german: "Beschreibung eines Kampfes") is a short story by Franz Kafka. It contains the dialogues "Conversation with the Supplicant" ("Gespräch mit dem Beter") and "Conversation with the Drunk" ("Gespräch mit dem Betrunkenen") Origins "Description of a Struggle" is one of Kafka's earliest stories that was not destroyed and is usually the earliest included in collections of his work. (His oldest surviving work of fiction is " Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart," which he wrote a few years earlier and which only survived because it was included in a letter to his friend Oskar Pollak.) Kafka began the story in 1904 at the age of 20 and worked on it on and off until 1909. It is also notable for being the story that Kafka first showed to his friend Max Brod and which convinced Brod that Kafka should further pursue his writing. Brod liked the story so much that he mentioned Kafka as an example of "the high level reached by oday'sGerman literature" in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letters To Family, Friends, And Editors (Franz Kafka)
''Letters to Family, Friends, and Editors'' is a book collecting some of Franz Kafka's letters from 1900 to 1924. The majority of the letters in the volume are addressed to Max Brod. Originally published in Germany in 1959 as ''Briefe 1902-1924'', the collection was first published in English by Schocken Books in 1977. It was translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Correspondents Family ** Julie and Hermann Kafka - parents ** Elli Hermann, née Kafka - sister ** Valli Pollak, née Kafka - sister ** Ottla Davidová, née Kafka - sister *** Josef David - Ottla's husband ** Siegfried Löwy - uncle Other letters to the family are collected in '' Letters to Ottla'' Kafka's long, undelivered ''Letter to His Father'' was published separately. It also appears in ''Dearest Father'' and ''The Sons''. Friends ** Oskar Pollak - Childhood friend and art historian; a 1902 letter to him includes Kafka's oldest surviving work of fiction - " Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart" ** Max Brod - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamefaced Lanky And Impure In Heart
"Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart" (German: "Der Unredliche in seinem Herzen") is the title usually given to Franz Kafka's earliest surviving work of fiction, a short story that he wrote in 1902 and that has survived only because it was included in a letter to his friend Oskar Pollak. Background It is unclear whether "Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart" was written for the letter, which Kafka sent to Pollack postmarked 20 December 1902, or if he had worked on it previously. All that Kafka writes about the story is that it is "new and hard to tell." It is similarly unknown whether Kafka considered publishing the story, or even thought of it as a stand-alone piece. The story has never been included in any collection of Kafka's fiction and appears only in '' Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors'' (German: ''Briefe 1902-1924''), where it is embedded within the letter sent to Pollack. Plot The story describes a meeting between Impure in Heart, a dandy who lives in a big city " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Report To An Academy
"A Report to an Academy" (German: "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie") is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has learned to behave like a human, presents to an academy the story of how he effected his transformation. The story was first published by Martin Buber in the German monthly ''Der Jude'', along with another of Kafka's stories, "Jackals and Arabs" ("Schakale und Araber"). The story appeared again in a 1919 collection titled '' Ein Landarzt'' (''A Country Doctor''). Plot The narrator, speaking before a scientific conference, describes his former life as an ape. His story begins in a West African jungle, in which a hunting expedition shoots and captures him. Caged on a ship for his voyage to Europe, he finds himself for the first time without the freedom to move as he will. Needing to escape from this situation, he studies the habits of the crew, and imitates them with surprising ease; he reports encountering par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dream (short Story)
A Dream (German: ''Ein Traum'') is a short story by Franz Kafka. The narrator describes a dream in which Joseph K. is walking through a cemetery. There are tombstones A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. It is traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, among others. In most cases, it has the deceased's name, da ... around him, and the setting is typically misty and dim. Soon he sees someone carving a name on a stone, and as he approaches he notices that it is his own name. Kafka is known to have been fascinated by dreams, which he felt held great power, both creatively and emotionally.''Dreams, Life, and Literature: A Study of Franz Kafka''. C.S. Hall and R.E. Lind, University of North Carolina Press, 1970 References External links "A Dream" by Franz Kafka, full text of the short story(in EN FR DE IT ES CH). {{DEFAULTSORT:Dream, A Short stories by Franz Kafka Short stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fratricide
"A Fratricide" (German: Ein Brudermord) is a short story by Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ... written between December 1916 and January 1917. It is one of Kafka's most realistically descriptive and graphically violent stories, and tells the story of a murderer, Schmar, and his victim, Wese. Although no clear motive for the murder is given anywhere in the story, it can be ascertained that the crime is a matter of jealous passion. Apart from the title, there is no obvious indication that the two characters are brothers, and the title may be an allusion to the biblical story of Cain and Abel . An important element of the story is the character of Pallas, a passive observer who witnesses the entire drama and whose intervention might have saved Wese's life. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleven Sons
"Eleven Sons" (German: "Elf Söhne") is a short story by Franz Kafka. The story begins with a father's declaration: "I have eleven sons." He then goes on to describe each one of them in detail. Kafka told Max Brod: "The eleven sons are quite simply eleven stories I am working on this very moment." The story was written between 1914 and 1917. In 1919, it appeared in '' Ein Landarzt. Kleine Erzählungen'' (''A Country Doctor''), a collection of Kafka's short stories published by Kurt Wolff in Munich and Leipzig.Kafka, Franz. '' The Complete Stories''. New York City: Schocken Books Schocken Books is a book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House that specializes in Jewish literary works. Originally established in 1931 by Salman Schocken as Schocken Verlag in Berlin, the company later moved to Palestine and then the Uni ..., 1995. 473-474. References Short stories by Franz Kafka 1919 short stories {{1910s-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cares Of A Family Man
"The Cares of a Family Man" (German: "Die Sorge des Hausvaters") is a short story by Franz Kafka, originally written in German, between 1914 and 1917 about a creature called Odradek. The creature has drawn the attention of many philosophers and literary critics, who have all attempted to interpret its meaning; thus, there are numerous analyses of the text. In 1919, the story appeared in '' Ein Landarzt. Kleine Erzählungen'' (''A Country Doctor''), a collection of Kafka's short stories published by Kurt Wolff (Munich and Leipzig).Kafka, Franz. The Complete Stories. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. New York City: Schocken Books, 1995. 473. Etymology The story, which is in the first-person narrative told entirely by the family man mentioned in the title, begins by discussing the etymological disparities associated with the word Odradek: Some say the word Odradek is of Slavonic origin, and try to account for it on that basis. Others again believe it to be of German ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Message From The Emperor
"The Great Wall of China" (original title "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer", literally ''At the Construction of the Great Wall of China'') is a short story by Franz Kafka. While written in 1917, it was not published until 1930, seven years after his death. Its first publication occurred in ''Der Morgen'', a German literary magazine. A year later, Max Brod included it in ''Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer'', the first posthumous collection of short stories by Franz Kafka. Contained within the story is a parable that was separately published as "A Message from the Emperor" ("Eine kaiserliche Botschaft") in 1919 in the collection '' Ein Landarzt'' (''A Country Doctor''). Some sub-themes of the story include why the wall was built piecemeal (in small sections in many different places), the relationship of the Chinese with the past and the present and the emperor's imperceptible presence. The story is told in the first person by an older man from a southern province. The first English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
