This author's earliest known story describes "Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart."
This author's earliest known story describes "Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart." Another of hisprotagonists never leaves his lofty perch and is reassured by his manager that he will be given a secondtrapeze. This author of "First Sorrow" concluded, "My boat is without a helm--it journeys with the windwhich blows in the deepest regions of death" in a story whose protagonist talks to the Burgomaster of Riva.This author wrote about an unpopular performer who is replaced by a panther. In addition to "The HunterGracchus" and "The Hunger Artist," he created a man who throws an apple at his son and instructs Grete toplay the violin in his most famous work. For 10 points, name this author who created Gregor Samsa in"The Metamorphosis."
This author's earliest known story describes "Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart."
Franz Kafka