This author's "parables" include one that illustrates the mentality of Diogenes by dissecting his spirit into three concentric rings labeled "A," "B" and "C," and another "parable" in which he surmises Sancho Panza was possessed by a "demon of stories" which he exorcised from himself and gave to Don Quixote. Another work by this author describes a character that bangs his head against crates and eats coconuts Â– that character is from the Gold Coast and earned the sobriquet "Red Peter" because of the scar across his che
This author's "parables" include one that illustrates the mentality of Diogenes by dissecting his spirit into three concentric rings labeled "A," "B" and "C," and another "parable" in which he surmises Sancho Panza was possessed by a "demon of stories" which he exorcised from himself and gave to Don Quixote. Another work by this author describes a character that bangs his head against crates and eats coconuts Â– that character is from the Gold Coast and earned the sobriquet "Red Peter" because of the scar across his cheek. One of this author's characters is served by Rosa and lost his horse the night before the story begins. He is later seen diagnosing a boy with a palm-sized wound. Another of this author's parables concerns a man who repeatedly bribes a gatekeeper but is denied entrance for his entire life. That story "Before the Law" appears in the "In the Cathedral" chapter of a novel about a bank clerk who is arrested on his thirtieth birthday. For 10 points, identify this author of "Report for an Academy" and "A Country Doctor" who also wrote novels like The Trial.
This author's "parables" include one that illustrates the mentality of Diogenes by dissecting his spirit into three concentric rings labeled "A," "B" and "C," and another "parable" in which he surmises Sancho Panza was possessed by a "demon of stories" which he exorcised from himself and gave to Don Quixote.
Franz Kafka