Title: Schakale und Araber

Title: Schakale und Araber Title Record # 1261338
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1917-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: projekt-gutenberg.org
Language: German

Note: Initially written in the beginning of February 1917. First published by Martin Buber in the German monthly Der Jude, October 1917, according to this pub, p. 303. Print length of 1299 words counted by word processor.

Synopsis: A European travelling with some Arabs in the desert encounters some jackals, who ask him to act as saviour figure to them. Allegorical of Jewish/Arab relations.

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Year	Title
1993	"Oktavheft B" [Wir lagerten in der Oase.]

Year	Language	Title
1948^ⓘFirst published by Martin Buber in the German monthly Der Jude, and later in the collection Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor), 1919. Translated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir.	English	Jackals and Arabs
1955^ⓘTranslated by Alexandre Vialatte	French	Chacals et Arabes
1976^ⓘTranslated by Emilio Castellani	Italian	Sciacalli e arabi
1981^ⓘTranslated by J. A. Underwood	English	Jackals and Arabs
1982^ⓘTranslated by Henry Furst	Italian	Sciacalli e arabi
1991^ⓘTranslated by João Gaspar Simões	Portuguese	Chacais e árabes
2003^ⓘ Translated by José Rafael Hernández Arias. Date of the 1st printing of Cuentos completos (Textos originales). Source.	Spanish	Chacales y árabes
2007^ⓘTranslated by Michael Hofmann	English	Jackals and Arabs

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen^?Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzaehlungen	1920-05-00	Franz Kafka	Kurt Wolff		M 12.00^?M: East German mark. ISO code: DDM in 1948-1990	189	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
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	1920-05-00	Franz Kafka	Kurt Wolff		M 40.00^?M: East German mark. ISO code: DDM in 1948-1990	189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	1920-05-00	Franz Kafka	Kurt Wolff			189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	1920-05-00	Franz Kafka	Kurt Wolff			189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
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
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1948-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books			320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1949-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books			320	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. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	321	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1961-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4)		$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	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
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1969-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4)			317	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. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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
La métamorphose	1970-11-22	Franz Kafka	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #322)			177	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
The Complete Stories	1971-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-3419-5		486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1971-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4)		$2.45^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	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	1973-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Fischer Taschenbücher^?Fischer Taschenbuecher #1078)	3-436-01062-6	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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
La metamorfosi: e altri racconti	1976-03-06	Franz Kafka	Einaudi (Biblioteca giovani #39)			153+ [7]	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	Max Ernst
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories	1978-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)				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	Edvard Munch
Stories 1904-1924	1981-00-00	Franz Kafka	Macdonald & Co.	0-354-04639-X	£7.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	271	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
I racconti	1982-00-00	Franz Kafka	De Agostini (Capolavori della narrativa)	26134		xii+ 204	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	Max Ernst
The Complete Stories	1983-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-3863-8	$22.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxi+ 486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
German Literary Fairy Tales	1983-09-00	ed. Robert M. Browning, Frank G. Ryder	Continuum	0-8264-0276-3	$17.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xx+ 307	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
German Literary Fairy Tales	1983-09-00	ed. Robert M. Browning, Frank G. Ryder	Continuum	0-8264-0277-1	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xix+ 307	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.	anth
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-004441-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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	Edvard Munch
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories	1987-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-004441-8	£3.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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	Edvard Munch
O Covil	1991-00-00	Franz Kafka	Publicações Europa-América^?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso Europa-América #482)	972-1-00525-8		130	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
Collected Stories	1993-09-16	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library)	1-85715-145-3		503	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente I	1993-10-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer ( Franz Kafka: Schriften, Tagebücher, Briefe^?Franz Kafka: Schriften, Tagebuecher, Briefe )	3-10-038149-1		436	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1994-01-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Fischer Taschenbücher^?Fischer Taschenbuecher #1078)	3-596-21078-X	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	457	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	1994-10-00	Franz Kafka	Wagenbach	3-8031-3577-X	DM 48.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	79+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Franz Kafka
Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer und andere Schriften aus dem Nachlaß in der Fassung der Handschrift	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden^?Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwoelf Baenden #6)	3-596-12446-8	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	270+ [1]	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
Ein Landarzt und andere Drucke zu Lebzeiten	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden^?Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwoelf Baenden #1)	3-596-12441-7	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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
The Complete Stories	1995-10-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Kafka Library)	0-8052-1055-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxi+ 486	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	1996-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-338107-7	DM 29.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	1999-00-00	Franz Kafka	Wagenbach	3-8031-1182-X	DM 24.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	viii+ 85+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
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. ISO code: EUR	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
The Complete Short Stories	2005-00-00	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-7493-9946-7	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 486	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	Anna Crone
Metamorphosis and Other Stories	2007-01-25	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118812-6	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvi+ 299	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	Jacob Sutton
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. ISO code: EUR		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Franz Kafka
The Complete Stories	2012-10-24	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	978-0-307-82945-0	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Cuentos completos (Textos originales)	2014-10-00	Franz Kafka	Valdemar (El Club Diógenes #204)	978-84-7702-672-3 / CD-204		662	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Alfred Kubin
Collected Stories	2015-01-28	Franz Kafka	Everyman's Library	978-0-375-71269-2	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Big Sky, #5: Hotel Catatonia	2015-10-01	ed. Peter Young				94	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	fanzine	Peter Young
Collected Stories	date unknown	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf	978-0-679-42303-4			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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Review [English] by Peter Young (2015) in Big Sky, #5: Hotel Catatonia