A Hunger Artist

A Hunger Artist, published in 1924, was the last book Kafka put out during his lifetime, editing the proofs virtually on his deathbed. The four stories contained in this volume First Sorrow,A Little Woman,A Hunger Artist, and Josephine, the Singer mark his maturity as a writer. The story from which the volume takes its name is one of KafkaÕs most famous and enigmatic.