The title character of this story takes small sips of water to moisten his lips and ignores the striking of the clock, the only furnishing of his home.
The title character of this story takes small sips of water to moisten his lips and ignores the striking of the clock, the only furnishing of his home. Over the megaphone, several details of the title character are announced as he is led to a table by two ladies, one of whom breaks into tears while holding his hand as the other bears the entirety of his body weight. Before that incident on the fortieth day of his job, the title character is guarded by three butchers. He is left to rot in the straw by the impresario, who instead attends to the popular caged animal. When an attendant finds him, the title character explains with his last words that he took the title profession because he could not find any food he liked. For 10 points, name this short story by Franz Kafka.
The title character of this story takes small sips of water to moisten his lips and ignores the striking of the clock, the only furnishing of his home.
“A {Hunger Artist}” [or “{Ein Hungerkünstler}”; accept equivalents for “{hunger}”]