| "The Burrow" |
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| Author | Franz Kafka |
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| Original title | "Der Bau" |
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| Language | German |
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| Genre(s) | Short story |
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| Published in | Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer |
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| Media type | book (hardcover) |
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| Publication date | 1931 |
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| Published in English |
- 1933 (1933) London, Martin Secker
- 1946 (1946) New York, Schocken Books
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"The Burrow" ("Der Bau") is a short story by Franz Kafka written six months before his death.
The last sentence of the story, is "But all remained unchanged, the—". This sentence is at the end of a page, implying that Kafka had written more.
Before publishing, Max Brod changed the last sentence to "But all remained the same."
Plot: In the story a badger-like creature struggles (or has difficulties) to secure (or protect) the labyrinthine burrow he has dug out as a home.
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| Novels |
- The Trial
- The Castle
- Amerika
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| Short stories | | 1902–1912 |
- "Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart"
- "Description of a Struggle"
- "Wedding Preparations in the Country"
- "The Judgment"
- "The Stoker"
- The Metamorphosis
- "The Aeroplanes at Brescia"
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| 1914–1917 |
- "In the Penal Colony"
- "The Village Schoolmaster"
- "Before the Law"
- "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor"
- "A Country Doctor"
- "The Hunter Gracchus"
- "The Great Wall of China"
- "A Message from the Emperor"
- "A Report to an Academy"
- "A Dream"
- "Up in the Gallery"
- "A Fratricide"
- "The Next Village"
- "A Visit to a Mine"
- "Jackals and Arabs"
- "The Bridge"
- "The Bucket Rider"
- "The New Advocate"
- "An Old Manuscript"
- "The Knock at the Manor Gate"
- "Eleven Sons"
- "My Neighbor"
- "A Crossbreed"
- "The Cares of a Family Man"
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| 1917–1923 |
- "The Refusal"
- "A Hunger Artist"
- "Investigations of a Dog"
- "A Little Woman"
- "The Burrow"
- "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk"
- "A Common Confusion"
- "The Truth about Sancho Panza"
- "The Silence of the Sirens"
- "Prometheus"
- "The City Coat of Arms"
- "Poseidon"
- "Fellowship"
- "At Night"
- "The Problem of Our Laws"
- "The Conscription of Troops"
- "The Test"
- "The Vulture"
- "The Helmsman"
- "The Top"
- "A Little Fable"
- "Homecoming"
- "First Sorrow"
- "The Departure"
- "Advocates"
- "The Married Couple"
- "Give It Up!"
- "On Parables"
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Short story collections |
- Contemplation
- A Country Doctor
- A Hunger Artist
- The Great Wall of China
- The Complete Stories
- The Sons
- The Penal Colony
- Parables and Paradoxes
- Dearest Father
- Description of a Struggle
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Diaries and notebooks |
- The Diaries 1910–1923
- The Blue Octavo Notebooks
- The Zürau Aphorisms
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Letters and essays |
- Letter to His Father
- Letters to Felice
- Letters to Ottla
- Letters to Milena
- Letters to Family, Friends, and Editors
- The Office Writings
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| Plays | |
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| Related |
- Ottla Kafka (sister)
- Franz Kafka and Judaism
- Richard and Samuel
- Franz Kafka Museum
- Franz Kafka Society
- Kafka Project
- Head of Franz Kafka statue
- Statue of Franz Kafka
- Kafka's Dick (1986 play)
- The Loves of Kafka (1988 film)
- Kafka (1991 film)
- Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993 film)
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