The Great Wall of China (short story)
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The Great Wall of China (Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer) is a short story written by Franz Kafka
in 1917. It was not published until 1931, seven years after his death. Contained within the story is a paragraph that was separately published as A Message from the Emperor (Eine kaiserliche Botschaft). Some sub-themes of the story include why the wall was built piecemeal; in small sections in many different places, and the relationship of the Chinese with the past and the present.
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
in 1917. It was not published until 1931, seven years after his death. Contained within the story is a paragraph that was separately published as A Message from the Emperor (Eine kaiserliche Botschaft). Some sub-themes of the story include why the wall was built piecemeal; in small sections in many different places, and the relationship of the Chinese with the past and the present.
External links
- The full text of "The Great Wall of China"