Ein Hungerkünstler und andere Erzählungen

Geschrieben von Franz Kafka

Erzählt von Gerd Udo Feller

Diese Erzählungen Franz Kafkas sind Klassiker der Moderne. Daß Kafka in seinem Testament neben den bereits veröffentlichten Werken allein den „Hungerkünstler“ von einer Vernichtung ausnahm, zeigt, wie wichtig ihm persönlich dieser Text war und wie sehr er sich als Künstler in der paradoxen Situation eines Hungernden gesehen hat: Die Verwirklichung der Kunst hebt das Leben auf, im Moment des Todes hat der Hungerkünstler seinen größten Sieg errungen. Auch in den anderen Erzählungen ist auf verrätselte Weise von dem Verhältnis Kunst – Künstler – Publikum die Rede.
These stories by Franz Kafka are true modern classics. Kafaka including a passage in his testament that exempted “Ein Hungerkünstler” (A Hunger Artist) from the unpublished works he wanted to be destroyed, shows how important that particular story was to him personally. It might also point to his own feeling as an artist, analogous to the paradox situation of suffering from hunger: The realization of art nullifies life, in the moment of his death the hunger artist achieves his greatest victory. The other stories included in this recording also enigmatically revolve around the relationship of art, artists and the audience.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Naxos Hörbücher
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21. Mai 2001
• ISBN: 9783898169615

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a primarily German-speaking Bohemian author, known for his impressive fusion of realism and fantasy in his work. Despite his commendable writing abilities, Kafka worked as a lawyer for most of his life and wrote in his free time. Though most of Kafka’s literary acclaim was gained postmortem, he earned a respected legacy and now is regarded as a major literary figure of the 20th century.