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21 gen 2010 · the penal colony : stories and short pieces ; translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. -- by. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Publication date. 1961. Topics. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Publisher. New York : Schocken Books. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English.
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces is a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka, with additional writings by Max Brod. First published in 1948 by Schocken Books, this volume includes all the works Kafka intended for publication, and published during his lifetime (the only exception is "The Stoker", which ...
- Franz Kafka, Willa Muir
- Short stories
- 1948
- 1948
It contains the longer stories of CONVERSATION WITH THE SUPPLICANT, THE PENAL COLONY, THE METAMORPHOSIS, THE JUDGMENT, A HUNGER ARTIST, and A COUNTRY DOCTOR. Also included are eighteen shorter pieces—some as short as a paragraph—gathered under the title MEDITATIONS, and three examples of Kafka’s occasional and diary writing, as well as an ...
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In the Penal Colony is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence.
"This volume brings together everything that Franz Kafka himself published during his lifetime, all those works, that is, which he thought finished enough to permit of their being published.
