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First printing in the October, 1922 issue of Die Neue Rundschau(one of the most respected literary magazines of Germany - in publication since 1890). A Fine copy in custom clamshell box.An exacting artist grapples with feelings of alienation born in part from an unappreciative audience - a feeling most foreign, no? …"…he indirectly lifted this piece to significant stature in his oeuvre by exempting it from the wish of annihilation that he had decreed for most of his other works. In addition, he chose it as the title story for the last volume of stories that he was able to oversee… Kafka, at the time he wrote this story, was already severely ill with tuberculosis of the larynx, very thin, and able to eat only with great difficulty. Many have seen his interest in this subject matter arising from his physical condition. The story depicts a circus spectacle that was popular in the latter part of the nineteenth century and existed until World War I. Like each of the final four…

Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist) is a short story by Franz Kafka about the absurdity and alienation of human existence, depicted through the story of a man who fasts for extended periods as a form of performance.

The first edition was published by Verlag von August Hirshwald in 1924.