KAFKA, FRANZ — A Hunger Artist

Prague, Twisted Spoon Press. 1996, First Thus. (ISBN: 8090217117) Hardcover. Ill.: Helena Vlcnovska. Book, A Hunger Artist, published in 1924. Kafka edited the proofs of these stories virtually on his deathbed. The four stories contained in this volume : "First Sorrow," "A Little Woman," "A Hunger Artist," and "Josephine, the Singer" mark his maturity as a writer. The story from which the volume takes its name is one of Kafkas most famous and enigmatic. English translation by Kevin Blahut. Illustrations by Helen Vlcnovska. 85p. illus. First edition of 2000 copies. Fine/No Jacket.