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Summary

"A Hunger Artist"  is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in Die neue Rundschau in 1922. The story was also included in the collection A Hunger Artist, the last book Kafka prepared for publication, which was printed by Verlag Die Schmiede shortly after his death. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is typically Kafkaesque: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large. "A Hunger Artist" explores themes such as death, art, isolation, asceticism, spiritual poverty, futility, personal failure and the corruption of human relationships.

Duration: 25 minutes (00:24:57)
Publishing date: 2025-01-30; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2025. Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Classics