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《《A hunger artist by kafka》.pdf
A Hunger Artist by Franz Fatfka
During these last decades the interest in professional fasting has markedly diminished. It
used to pay very well to stage such great performances under ones own management, but
today that is quite impossible. We live in a different world now. At one time the whole
town took a lively interest in the hunger artist; from day to day of his fast the excitement
mounted; everybody wanted to see him at least once a day; there were people who bought
season tickets for the last few days and sat from morning till night in front of his small
barred cage; even in the nighttime there were visiting hours, when the whole effect was
heightened by torch flares; on fine days the cage was set out in the open air, and then it
was the childrens special treat to see the hunger artist; for their elders he was often just a
joke that happened to be in fashion, but the children stood openmouthed, holding each
others hands for greater security, marveling at him as he sat there pallid in black tights,
with his ribs sticking out so prominently, not even on a seat but down among straw on the
ground, sometimes giving a courteous nod, answering questions with a constrained smile,
or perhaps stretching an arm through the bars so that one might feel how thin it was, and
then again withdrawing deep into himself, paying no attention to anyone or anything, not
even to the all-important striking of the clock that was the only piece of furniture in his
cage, but merely staring into vacancy with half-shut eyes, now and then taking a sip from
a tiny glass of water to moisten his lips.
Besides casual onlookers there were also relays of permanent watchers selected by the
public, usually butchers, strangely enough, and it was their task to watch the hunger artist
day and night, three of them at a time, in case he should have some secret recourse to
nourishment. This was nothing but a formality, instigated to reassure the masses
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