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A Hunger Artist | Study Guide

Franz Kafka

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Overview

Author

Franz Kafka

Year Published

1922

Type

Short Story

Genre

Allegory, Fiction

Perspective and Narrator

"A Hunger Artist" is told from the perspective of an unknown third-person narrator.

Tense

"A Hunger Artist" is told in the past tense.

About the Title

The title "A Hunger Artist" refers to the unnamed hunger artist in the story. The hunger artist completes fasts of endurance both on tours and later as part of a circus.

Summary

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