Title: Das Stadtwappen

Title: Das Stadtwappen Title Record # 1578382
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: German

Synopsis: The short story details the creation of the Tower of Babel. The narrator notes how many different people, from various nationalities had a hand in the construction. The massive scale of the project creates so many logistical and societal complications that it becomes impossible for civilization to ever achieve the original plan, or to even seriously believe in the plan. But the project continues on in an insincere manner, because everybody is too deeply involved to be able to leave.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1933^ⓘHistorical speculative fiction, using the Tower of Babel as a metaphor. Translated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir	English	The City Coat of Arms
1973^ⓘTranslated by Malcolm Pasley	English	The City Coat of Arms
2003^ⓘTranslated by José Rafael Hernández Arias.	Spanish	El escudo de la ciudad

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer	1931-00-00	Franz Kafka	Kiepenheuer				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1936-00-00	Franz Kafka	Mercy (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #5)		RM 4.50	319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen, Skizzen, Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1946-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #5)			336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Parables in German and English	1947-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books			127	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1954-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 15.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	355	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Parables and Paradoxes / Parabeln und Paradoxe	1961-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	sb 12	$1.45^?$: US dollar	190	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
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
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1980-04-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #2066)	3-596-22066-1	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	280	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
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1980-08-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #2066)	3-596-22066-1	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	280	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

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