A Hunger Artist

A Hunger Artist is a short story by Franz Kafka. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large. The title of the story has been translated also to "e;A Fasting Artist"e; and "e;A Starvation Artist"e;. A Hunger Artist was first published in...