Title: Der Jäger Gracchus

Title: Der Jäger Gracchus Title Record # 1261343
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Der Jäger Gracchus
Language: German

Note: A fix-up likely done by Max Brod of four of Kafka's fragments drawn from 'Oktavheft B'

Synopsis: The story presents a boat carrying the long-dead Hunter Gracchus as it arrives at a port. The mayor of Riva enters the boat and inside he meets Gracchus, who gives him an account of his death while hunting, and explains that he is destined to wander aimlessly and eternally over the seas.

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Year	Title
1993^ⓘShorter than the parent title, as this version doesn't publish the part marked by Kafka for deletion	"Oktavheft B" [Zwei Knaben saßen auf der Quaimauer ...]

Year	Language	Title
1933^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir	English	The Hunter Gracchus
1959^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited or an unknown hand	Portuguese	O caçador Gracchus
1973^ⓘTranslated by Malcolm Pasley. Written in the first half of 1917, the story 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.	English	The Hunter Gracchus: Four Fragments
1987^ⓘTranslated by Carmen Pucheanu	Romanian	Vânătorul Grachus^?Vanatorul Grachus
1993^ⓘTranslated by Mike Mitchell.	English	Gracchus the Huntsman
2003^ⓘTranslated by José Rafael Hernández Arias.	Spanish	El cazador Gracchus

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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
Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente I	1993-10-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Schriften, Tagebücher, 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 #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
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 #6)	3-596-12446-8	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	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

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Reviews

Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)