Description of a Struggle and the Great Wall of China

CONTENTS Note: Pieces marked † are translated by Tania and James Stern. The remainder are translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. Introduction by Edwin Muir to The Great Wall of China 9 Description of a Struggle † 17 The Great Wall of China 72 The Refusal † 89 The Problem of Our Laws 96 The City Coat of Arms 99 On Parables 101 Poseidon † 102 The Hunter Gracchus 104 The Knock at the Manor Gate 111 A Crossbreed 113 The Bridge 116 The Vulture † 118 The Departure † 119 Give it up ! † 120 At Night † 121 The Helmsman † 122 The Top † 123 A Little Fable 124 The Bucket Rider 125 The Married Couple 129 My Neighbour 136 The Test † 139 Advocates † 141 Home-coming † 144 Fellowship † 145 Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor † 146 The Burrow 178 The Giant Mole 221 Investigations of a Dog 240 "He" 290 The Warden of the Tomb 290 Fragments of "A Report to an Academy" 318 Fragment of "The Great Wall of China" 323 The Conscription of Troops 325 Fragment of "The Hunter Gracchus" 333 Postscript by Max Brod to the Octavo Edition 334