A Hunger Artist and Other Stories

CONTENTS Biographical Preface vii Introduction xi Note on the Text xl Note on the Translation xli Select Bibliography xlv A Chronology of Franz Kafka 1 The Aeroplanes at Brescia 3 A COUNTRY DOCTOR: LITTLE TALES The New Advocate 12 A Country Doctor 13 In the Gallery 18 An Ancient Manuscript 19 Before the Law 20 Jackals and Arabs 22 A Visit to the Mine 25 The Next Village 27 A Message from the Emperor 28 Odradek, or Cares of a Householder 29 Eleven Sons 30 A Brother's Murder 34 A Dream 36 A Report to an Academy 37 The Rider on the Coal-Scuttle 46 A HUNGER ARTIST: FOUR STORIES First Sorrow 48 A Little Woman 50 A Hunger Artist 56 Josefine, the Singer or The Mouse-People 65 Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor 81 At the Building of the Great Wall of China 101 The Huntsman Gracchus 113 Investigations of a Dog 121 The Burrow 153 SELECTED SHORTER PIECES The Bridge 183 The Knock at the Courtyard Gate 183 The Truth about Sancho Panza 185 The Spinning-Top 185 Cat and Mouse 186 On Parables 186 Give it up! 186 APHORISMS 188 Explanatory Notes 211