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The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces

1948 collection of writings by Franz Kafka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces
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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.

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