Short stories and fragments
MS. Kafka 44
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Short stories and fragments
Shelfmark
MS. Kafka 44
Summary
Forty 4° leaves, and a thick paper wrapper (now fols. i-ii) inscribed (by Brod?) 'Fragmente aus dem Jahre 1920', including:
(fols. 2-3) ' Ein regnerischer Tag'
(fol. 6) [ Eine teilweise Erzählung]
(fol. 7r) [ Nachts]
(fols. 7-10r) [ Die Abweisung]
(fols. 10-11r) ' Zur Frage der Gesetze'
(fols. 11-12r) [ Die Truppenaushebung]
(fol. 20) [ Poseidon]
(fol. 24) [ Gemeinschaft]
(fol. 26r) ' Es ist ein Mandat'
(fol. 26v) [ Das Stadtwappen] - [part of text only ('Dazu kam … Wappen', printed p. 323; there is no manuscript for 'Anfangs … Kampfsucht', printed pp. 318-319)
(fol. 27r) [ Der Steuermann]
(fol. 27) ' Konsolidierung'
(fol. 28) [ Die Prüfung]
(fol. 28v) [ Der Geier]
(fol. 33r) [ Kleine Fabel]
(fol. 39r) ' Die Mühseligkeit'
(fol. 40r) [ Der Kreisel]
(fols. 40r-40v) Hebrew exercises
Date
c. 1920
Language
German
Physical extent
40 Leaves
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Collection contents
Loose leaves, including fragments from Tagebücher, novels, and short stories
Short stories and fragments
