Title: Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse

Title: Title Record # 1268077
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1924-04-24
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: German

Note: The last short story Kafka wrote

Synopsis: The story of Josephine, a mouse who has the ability to sing, and her relationship with her audience. Borderline genre.

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Year	Title
1946	Josefine, die Sängerin, oder Das Volk der Mäuse

Year	Language	Title
1940^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Spanish	Josefina la cantora o El pueblo de los ratones
1948^ⓘTranslated by Alexandre Vialatte	French	Joséphine la cantatrice ou Le peuple des souris
1948^ⓘThe last short story Kafka wrote, first published in the collection A Hunger Artist (Ein Hungerkünstler), 1924. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir.	English	Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk
1978^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir. The last short story Kafka wrote, first published in the collection Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist), 1924.	English	Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse-folk
1981^ⓘTranslated by J. A. Underwood	English	Josephine the Singer, or The Mouse People
2003^ⓘTranslated by José Rafael Hernández Arias.	Spanish	Josefina, la cantora, o el pueblo de los ratones
2006	English	Josephine, the Mouse Singer
2007^ⓘTranslated by Michael Hofmann	English	Josefine, the Singer, or the Mouse People

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Ein Hungerkünstler^?Ein Hungerkuenstler	1924-08-15	Franz Kafka	Die Schmiede		RM 2.50	86	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Georg Salter
Ein Hungerkünstler^?Ein Hungerkuenstler	1924-08-15	Franz Kafka	Die Schmiede		RM 2.00	86	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Georg Salter
Erzählungen und kleine Prosa	1935-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Verlag (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #1)			280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Erzählungen und Kleine Prosa	1946-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #1)			287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Erzählungen	1952-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 16.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	321	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1970-01-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #1078)	1078	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	406	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1973-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1078)	3-436-01062-6	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	406	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1994-01-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1078)	3-596-21078-X	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	406	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Franz Kafka
Drucke zu Lebzeiten	1994-10-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-038155-6	DM 68.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	457	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ein Landarzt und andere Drucke zu Lebzeiten	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden #1)	3-596-12441-7	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	370+ [3]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Irina Ionesco
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	1996-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-338107-7	DM 29.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	575	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	1996-08-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-13270-3	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	575	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Franz Kafka
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	2001-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-13270-3		575	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Franz Kafka
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	2002-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-50520-8	€8.00^?€: Euro	575	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	2010-11-11	Franz Kafka	Fischer E-Books (Fischer Klassik Plus)	978-3-10-401089-2	€3.99^?€: Euro		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Franz Kafka

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