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Franz Kafka

A Hunger Artist

A Hunger Artist explores many of the themes that were close to him: spiritual poverty, asceticism, futility, and the alienation of the modern artist.
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  • Shujat Eliashared an impression5 years ago
    🔮Hidden Depths

    — he was working honestly — but the world was cheating him of his reward.

  • عبير رعودshared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading

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Quotes

  • sananzaffar77has quoted2 days ago
    "because I couldn't find a food which I enjoyed. If had found that, believe me, I would not have made a spectacle of myself and would have eaten to my heart's content, like you and everyone else."
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    Those were his last words, but in his failing eyes there was the firm, if no longer proud, conviction that he was continuing to fast.
  • sananzaffar77has quoted2 days ago
    Because I had to fast. I can't do anything else,"

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