FRANZ KAFKA Short Story THE WISH TO BE A RED INDIAN Text ENG
Franz Kafka
The Wish to Be a Red Indian
(In German: Wunsch, Indianer zu werden)
(1913)
Short story by Franz Kafka
Full text translated into English
German Literature
A short story by Franz Kafka
” The Wish to Be a Red Indian “ (Original in German: Wunsch, Indianer zu werden) is a prose sketch – Short story by Franz Kafka, consisting of a few lines. Franz Kafka’s short story “The Wish to Be a Red Indian” was published in the anthology “Betrachtung” (contemplation) in 1913.
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Franz Kafka
The Wish to Be a Red Indian
(De: Wunsch, Indianer zu werden)
(1913)
Short story by Franz Kafka
Full text translated into English
If one were only an Indian,
instantly alert, and on a racing horse,
leaning against the wind,
kept on quivering jerkily over the quivering ground, until one shed one’s spurs,
for there needed no spurs, threw away the reins,
for there needed no reins, and hardly saw that the land
before one was smoothly shorn heath
when horse’s neck and head would be already gone.
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Franz Kafka – The Wish to Be a Red Indian
Original in German: Wunsch, Indianer zu werden (1913)
Short story by Franz Kafka
Full text translated into English
Franz Kafka Wunsch, Indianer zu werden Original German text > here
Franz Kafka All the stories > here
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include “Die Verwandlung” (“The Metamorphosis”), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle). The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those in his writing. (from: wikipedia)
