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- ↑ The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections. Franz Kafka - 1946 - Schocken Books
- ↑ On Kafka's Castle: a study. R Sheppard.1973 - Croom Helm
- ↑ Hoffman, Michael (16 July 2015). "Franz Kafka - Short Cuts - LRB 16 July 2015". London Review of Books . Retrieved 20 July 2015.
