Title: Die Abweisung

Title: Die Abweisung Title Record # 1820572
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1936-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: German

Note: Likely written in the late autumn 1920, according to Malcolm Pasley. DON'T MERGE with the title published in 1908, both stories are completely different. Metaphorizes the misuse of power.

Synopsis: The story describes a city, its government & the soldiers that enforce tax-collection and how they appear inhuman to the public. Appeals for government aid are always refused.

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Year	Title
1936	Die Abweisung [II]

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Tania and James Stern.	English	The Refusal
1973^ⓘTranslated by Malcolm Pasley	English	The Refusal
2003^ⓘTranslated by José Rafael Hernández Arias.	Spanish	Nuestra pequeña ciudad ...

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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 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
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
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	1996-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-338107-7	DM 29.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	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	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
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	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
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		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Franz Kafka

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