The Great Wall of China (story)

The Great Wall of China (story)

Infobox short story
name = The Great Wall of China
title_orig = Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer
translator =
author = Franz Kafka
country = Austria-Hungary
language = German
pub_date = 1931
series =
genre = Short story
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"The Great Wall of China" ("Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer") is a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1917. It was not published until 1931, seven years after his death.

External links

* The full text of [http://www.mala.bc.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/greatwallofchina.htm "The Great Wall of China"]


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