Title: First Sorrow
Title Record # 1819512
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1948-00-00
Variant Title of: Erstes Leid [German] (1922) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: None
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1948-00-00
Variant Title of: Erstes Leid [German] (1922) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Translated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir.
First appeared in Kurt Wolff Verlag's art periodical Genius, III no. 2 (dated 1921, actually published in 1922) and in the Christmas 1923 supplement to the Prager Presse. The story was also included in the collection Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist), 1924.
Synopsis: The difficulties faced by a trapeze artist who wishes to remain on his trapeze at all times. Surrealistic, but not really speculative.
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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 Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1948-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1949-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1961-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4) | $1.95?$: US dollar |
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. |
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| 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. |
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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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| The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1971-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4) | $2.45?$: US dollar |
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. |
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| 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 | ||||
| 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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| 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 |
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 |
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 | |
| 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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| 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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