Title: Der Verschollene

Title: Der Verschollene Title Record # 1484815
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1927-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Karl Roßmann
Language: German

Note:

A first version of this novel was begun in the Spring of 1912 but is lost.
The published work was begun in the autumn of 1912, but Kafka stopped his writing on the text in December of the same year (he may have done some revision in January 1913). The final, somewhat isolated chapter was written in the October of 1914.
The first chapter was published as "Der Heizer" ('The Stoker') in 1913 by Kurt Wolff.
The original publication was initiated by Max Brod as "Amerika", but Kafka wrote of this unfinished novel as "Der Verschollene", which is now the common title.

Synopsis:

Beginning with Karl Roßmann's landing in New York's harbour, this unfinished novel then sets out to describe the protagonist's adventures in the USA - first at his uncle's home, then, after being shunned, traveling around and getting under the influence of various powers.
John Clute describes this America in SFE as dystopian and the final chapter where Roßmann finds the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma is more or less surreal.

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Translations

Year	Title
1927^ⓘThe original publication was initiated by Max Brod as "Amerika", but Kafka wrote of this unfinished novel as "Der Verschollene", which is now the common title (see there for a synopsis).	Amerika
1983	Der Verschollene in der Fassung der Handschrift

Year	Language	Title
1938^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir	English	America
1940^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir, or by Edwin Muir (the New Directions edition credits it to Edwin alone although it is apparently the same translation which is elsewhere credited to both Willa and Edwin).	English	Amerika
1972^ⓘTranslated by Alberto Spaini	Italian	America
1996^ⓘTranslated by Michael Hofmann	English	The Man Who Disappeared (Amerika)
2007^ⓘTranslated by Michael Hofmann	English	Amerika: The Man Who Disappeared
2008^ⓘTranslated by Mark Harman	English	Amerika: The Missing Person
2012^ⓘTranslated by Ritchie Robertson	English	The Man Who Disappeared (America)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Amerika	1927-00-00	Franz Kafka	Kurt Wolff			392	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Amerika	1935-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Verlag (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #2)			315	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Amerika	1953-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 15.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	361	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Amerika	1956-09-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #132)	132	DM 1.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	234+ [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.	novel	Franz Kafka
Amerika	1969-03-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #132)	132	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	234+ [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.	novel	Franz Kafka
Amerika	1970-01-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #132)	132	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	234+ [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.	novel	Franz Kafka
Amerika	1971-03-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #132)	3-436-00143-0	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	234+ [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.	novel	Franz Kafka
Der Verschollene in der Fassung der Handschrift	1983-04-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-038127-0	DM 48.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Amerika	1986-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-038174-2		263+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Verschollene in der Fassung der Handschrift	1993-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #11587)	3-596-11587-6	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	331	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.	novel
Der Verschollene in der Fassung der Handschrift	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden #2)	3-596-12442-5	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	340+ [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.	novel	Irina Ionesco
Der Verschollene in der Fassung der Handschrift	2001-05-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden #2)	3-596-12442-5	DM 17.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	340+ [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.	novel	Irina Ionesco
Amerika	2007-08-27	Franz Kafka	Suhrkamp (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch #3893)	978-3-518-45893-8	€6.50^?€: Euro	311+ [2]	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.	novel	Christine Schneider
Amerika	2013-00-00	Franz Kafka	Suhrkamp (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch #3893)	978-3-518-45893-8	€7.00^?€: Euro	311+ [2]	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.	novel	Christine Schneider

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Reviews

Review by Kurt Tucholsky (1929) in Der Rabe, #2, (1983)