While treating a boy that begs to die, the protagonist of another story by him worries about his assistant, Rose, who is being raped by the Groom.
In one story by this author, the narrator questions the difference between the title character's art and "ordinary piping". While treating a boy that begs to die, the protagonist of another story by him worries about his assistant, Rose, who is being raped by the Groom. A device in one of his stories is made up of components called "The Designer", "The Bed", and "The Harrow", and breaks down while inscribing the words "Be Just" in the Officer's back.  Grete's talent on the violin blooms and the protagonist is killed by an apple lodged in his back after transforming into an insect in a story about Gregor Samsa. For 10 points, this is what author of "Josephine the Singer", "A Country Doctor", "In the Penal Colony", and The Metamorphosis?
In one story by this author, the narrator questions the difference between the title character's art and "ordinary piping".
Franz Kafka