The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces

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The Penal Colony
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First edition
Author Franz Kafka
Translator Willa and Edwin Muir
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort stories
Publisher Schocken Books
Publication date
1948
Publication placeUnited States

The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces is a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka, [1] with additional writings by Max Brod.[ citation needed ] First published in 1948 by Schocken Books, [1] this volume includes all the works Kafka intended for publication,[ citation needed ] and published during his lifetime [1] (the only exception is "The Stoker", which serves as a first chapter for the novel Amerika [ citation needed ]). It also includes critical pieces by Kafka, "The First Long Train Journey" by Kafka and Brod (which was initially intended to be the first chapter of a book), and an Epilogue by Brod. The collection was translated by Willa and Edwin Muir.

Contents

a slightly different version from the text of the dialogue as it appears in the story Description of a Struggle

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jaffe, Miriam (2024). "Kafka in the Classroom: What We Learn from Roth's Teaching Notes". Philip Roth Studies. 20 (1): 67–80. ISSN   1940-5278.