Ein Hungerkünstler und andere Erzählungen
Written by Franz Kafka
Narrated by Gerd Udo Feller
()
About this audiobook
These stories by Franz Kafka are true modern classics. Kafaka including a passage in his testament that exempted “Ein Hungerkünstler” (A Hunger Artist) from the unpublished works he wanted to be destroyed, shows how important that particular story was to him personally. It might also point to his own feeling as an artist, analogous to the paradox situation of suffering from hunger: The realization of art nullifies life, in the moment of his death the hunger artist achieves his greatest victory. The other stories included in this recording also enigmatically revolve around the relationship of art, artists and the audience.
Franz Kafka
Born in Prague in 1883, the son of a self-made Jewish merchant, Franz Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked in insurance. He published little during his lifetime and lived his life in relative obscurity. He was forced to retire from work in 1917 after being diagnosed with tuberculosis, a debilitating illness which dogged his final years. When he died in 1924 he bequeathed the – mainly unfinished – manuscripts of his novels, stories, letters and diaries to his friend the writer Max Brod with the strict instruction that they should be destroyed. Brod ignored Kafka’s wishes and organised the publication of his work, including The Trial, which appeared in 1925. It is through Brod’s efforts that Kafka is now regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century.
Related to Ein Hungerkünstler und andere Erzählungen
Related audiobooks
Die Leiden des jungen Werther Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDer zurück in sein Haus gestopfte Jäger Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Traumnovelle (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Schuld und Sühne, Teil 3 (Ungekürzt) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsErzählungen IV - In der Strafkolonie - Sven Regener liest Franz Kafka (Ungekürzt) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeo Tolstoi: Die drei Tode: Eine Kurzgeschichte. Ungekürzt gelesen. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aufzeichnungen eines Irren Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diesseits des Van-Allen-Gürtels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsErzählungen II - Der Heizer - Sven Regener liest Franz Kafka (Ungekürzt) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRomeo und Julia (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Georg Simmel: Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben: Ein Grundlagenwerk der Soziologie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSchuld und Sühne, Teil 2 (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Das Unbehagen in der Kultur Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFranz Kafka: Brief an den Vater: Ungekürzt gelesen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLenz Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsManifest der kommunistischen Partei Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDer Stern über dem Walde (Ungekürzt) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoseph Conrad: Das Herz der Finsternis: Eine Novelle. Ungekürzt gelesen. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnton Tschechow: Zehn Kurzgeschichten Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEin Kind unserer Zeit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEcce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Das Krokodil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Richard III (Ungekürzt) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGespräche mit Albert Einstein: geführt von Alexander Moszkowski Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDer Bau Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Candide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDer Spieler (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Das Urteil Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Classics For You
Farm der Tiere Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Schuld und Sühne (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Die Verwandlung Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/51984 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Weiße Nächte (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Über die Dummheit (Ungekürzt) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Von Mäusen und Menschen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray - Sonderausgabe (Ungekürzte Fassung) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Es schlug mein Herz. Geschwind, zu Pferde! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWeisse Nächte Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Die schönsten deutschen Gedichte (Ungekürzte Lesung) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Der Antichrist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (Ungekürzt) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aufzeichnungen eines Irren Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Der Schimmelreiter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Die Verwandlung (Ungekürzte Lesung) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In der Strafkolonie (Ungekürzte Lesung) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Oliver Twist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Der große Gatsby Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Effi Briest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Das Urteil Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emma (Ungekürzt) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fräulein Else Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Verstand und Gefühl - Sonderedition (Ungekürzte Fassung) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jugend ohne Gott (Ungekürzt) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHymne Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Drei Frauen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reisen durch Europa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRomeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for Ein Hungerkünstler und andere Erzählungen
0 ratings0 reviews