Der Nachbar (short story by Franz Kafka)
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- Nachbar, Der
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- Short Story
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- German
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"My Neighbor" ("Der Nachbar", literally "The Neighbor") is a short story by Franz Kafka. It was written in 1917 and published in 1931 in Berlin by Max Brod and Hans-Joachim Schoeps. The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections (New York City: Schocken Books, 1946).
The main character of the story is a young merchant who initially pretends to be self-assured but finds himself threatened by his new neighbor and possible competitor, Harras.
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Short story written in 1917 and published posthumously in the collection Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (English: "The Great Wall of China") (1931).Last modified: 2020-11-03 (revision #39534)
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sämtliche Erzählungen (Franz Kafka, brown cover) | Paperback | ? | 1970-01 |
| Sämtliche Erzählungen (Franz Kafka, cover with drawing) | Paperback | 3-596-21078-X | 1981-05 |
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- 2022-12-29