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Investigations of a Dog
Franz Kafka
"Investigations of a Dog" (German: "Forschungen eines Hundes") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in 1922. It was published posthumously in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. In 1946 it was published by Schocken Books in The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections. Told from the perspective of a dog, the story concerns the nature and limits of knowledge, by way of the dog's inquiries into the practices of his culture.
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Vivek’s Notes
Seen here with his dog. He wrote this short story in 1922; it was published posthumously in 1931, and the first English translation, by Willa and Edwin Muir, followed in 1933.
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