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The title provides a clue. Although it is ostensibly about hunger, ‘A Hunger Artist’ is, more widely, about the figure of the artist, and the challenges an artist – any artist – faces when trying to practise their art and gain recognition and admiration for it.
- Franz Kafka
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- Short Stories
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- Franz Kafka
The hunger artist seems confused, but what he does actually makes sense—his whole life he’s been a contradiction, trying to go beyond society but always needing its attention to give his art meaning.
A Hunger Artist. " A Hunger Artist " (German: "Ein Hungerkünstler") 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 ( Ein Hungerkünstler ), the last book Kafka prepared for publication, which was printed by Verlag Die Schmiede shortly after his death.
- Franz Kafka
- Germany (written in Austria-Hungary)
- 1922
- Ein Hungerkünstler
“A Hunger Artist,” published in 1922, is a short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of alienation, art, and the human condition. The story is told from the perspective of an unnamed narrator who describes the life and death of a professional faster known as the hunger artist.
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‘‘A Hunger Artist’’ is written from a thirdperson limited perspective, meaning that the narrator is an abstract voice, not a character in the story.
At any rate, one day the pampered hunger artist saw himself abandoned by the crowd of pleasure seekers, who preferred to stream to other attractions. The impresario chased around half of Europe one more time with him, to see whether he could still re-discover the old interest here and there. It was all futile.
