Title: The City Coat of Arms
Title Record # 1373418
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1933-00-00
Variant Title of: Das Stadtwappen [German] (1931) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: None
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1933-00-00
Variant Title of: Das Stadtwappen [German] (1931) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Historical speculative fiction, using the Tower of Babel as a metaphor.
Translated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir
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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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Great Wall of China and Other Pieces | 1933-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Martin Secker |
xvi+ 285+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Strange to Tell: Stories of the Marvelous and Mysterious | 1946-00-00 | ed. Marjorie Fischer, Rolfe Humphries | Julian Messner | $3.75?$: US dollar |
xxi+ 532 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections | 1946-10-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books |
xix+ 307 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Parables in German and English | 1947-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 127 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections | 1948-03-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books |
xix+ 307 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| 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. |
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| The Complete Stories | 1971-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 0-8052-3419-5 | 486 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Angels and Awakenings | 1980-00-00 | ed. M. Cameron Grey | Doubleday | 0-385-15311-2 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 403 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fra Angelico | |
| The Complete Stories | 1983-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 0-8052-3863-8 | $22.50?$: US dollar |
xxi+ 486 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| 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. |
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| Angels and Awakenings | 1994-11-00 | ed. M. Cameron Grey | Doubleday | 0-385-15311-2 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 403 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fra Angelico | |
| The Complete Stories | 1995-10-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Kafka Library) | 0-8052-1055-5 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
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. |
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| The Complete Short Stories | 2005-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) | 978-0-7493-9946-7 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
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 | |
| The Complete Stories | 2012-10-24 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 978-0-307-82945-0 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| Collected Stories | 2015-01-28 | Franz Kafka | Everyman's Library | 978-0-375-71269-2 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| 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. |
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