''A Country Doctor'' (German: ''Ein Landarzt'') is a collection of
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
written mostly in
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
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 ...
, containing the story of the same name.
Kurt Wolff published it in 1919 as the second collection of stories by Kafka, after ''
Betrachtung'' (''Contemplation'', 1912).
Kafka dedicated the collection to his father. He often recounted to Max Brod the reaction of his father when he presented it to him: "Lay it on my nightstand."
The stories themselves have one thing in particular in common: somewhere, whether at the beginning or later in the course of the text, an unsettling moment, which is sometimes termed the "Kafka Paradox", occurs.
* Der neue Advokat (
The New Advocate "The New Advocate" (German: "Der neue Advokat") is a short story from A Country Doctor 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 ...
)
* Ein Landarzt (
A Country Doctor)
* Auf der Galerie (
Up in the Gallery)
* Ein altes Blatt (
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 ...
)
* Vor dem Gesetz (
Before the Law
"Before the Law" (German: "Vor dem Gesetz") is a parable contained in the novel ''The Trial'' (german: Der Prozess), by Franz Kafka. "Before the Law" was published twice in Kafka's lifetime, first in the 1915 New Year's edition of the independent J ...
)
* Schakale und Araber (
Jackals and Arabs
"Jackals and Arabs" (German: "Schakale und Araber") is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. The story was first published by Martin Buber in the German monthly ''Der Jude''. It appeared again in the collection '' Ein Landar ...
)
* Ein Besuch im Bergwerk (
A Visit to the Mine)
* Das nächste Dorf (
The Next Village
"The Next Village" (German: "Das nächste Dorf") is a short story by Franz Kafka written between 1917 and 1923. The story presents a grandfather's comment that life is too short even to get to the neighbouring village.
References
* Kafka, Franz. ...
)
* Eine kaiserliche Botschaft (
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 h ...
)
* Die Sorge des Hausvaters (
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 ...
)
* Elf Söhne (
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 ...
)
* Ein Brudermord (
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-centu ...
)
* Ein Traum (
A Dream)
* Ein Bericht für eine Akademie (
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 ho ...
)
Originally the short story "Der Kübelreiter" (
The Bucket Rider
"The Bucket Rider" (German: "Der Kübelreiter") is a short story by Franz Kafka, written in 1917. It first appeared in the ''Prager Presse'' in 1921 and was published posthumously in ''Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer'' (Berlin, 1931). The first Eng ...
) was to be included as well, but it was retracted by Kafka before the book was printed.
References
External links
Franz Kafka, "A dream" ("Ein Traum") short story from: "A country doctor" Full text (EN DE FR IT ES CH)
Short story collections by Franz Kafka
1919 short stories
1919 short story collections
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