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Franz Kafka

A Hunger Artist

  • Samia Lamaamriciteerde uit4 dagen geleden
    For, in fact, no one was in a position to spend time watching the hunger artist every day and night, so no one could know, on the basis of his own observation, whether this was a case of truly uninterrupted, flawless fasting.
  • Samia Lamaamriciteerde uit4 dagen geleden
    how easy it was to fast. It was the easiest thing in the world. About this he did not remain silent, but people did not believe him.
  • Samia Lamaamriciteerde uit4 dagen geleden
    there were also constant observers chosen by the public — strangely enough they were usually butchers — who, always three at a time, were given the task of observing the hunger artist day and night, so that he didn't get something to eat in some secret manner. It was, however, merely a formality, introduced to reassure the masses, for those who understood knew well enough that during the period of fasting the hunger artist would never, under any circumstances, have eaten the slightest thing, not even if compelled by force. The honour of his art forbade it.
  • Samia Lamaamriciteerde uit4 dagen geleden
    He was happiest, however, when morning came and a lavish breakfast was brought for them at his own expense, on which they hurled themselves with the appetite of healthy men after a hard night's work without sleep.
  • Samia Lamaamriciteerde uit4 dagen geleden
    there were also constant observers chosen by the public — strangely enough they were usually butchers — who, always three at a time, were given the task of observing the hunger artist day and night, so that he didn't get something to eat in some secret manner.
  • kishaciteerde uit9 maanden geleden
    “because I couldn’t find a food which I enjoyed. If had found that, believe me, I would not have made a spectacle of myself and would have eaten to my heart’s content, like you and everyone else.”
  • kishaciteerde uit9 maanden geleden
    The beautiful signs became dirty and illegible. People tore them down, and no one thought of replacing them.
  • kishaciteerde uit9 maanden geleden
    With such observers, he was very happily prepared to spend the entire night without sleeping.
  • kishaciteerde uit9 maanden geleden
    Generally he couldn’t sleep at all, and he could always doze under any lighting and at any hour, even in an overcrowded, noisy auditorium
  • Sananciteerde uit10 maanden geleden
    "because I couldn't find a food which I enjoyed. If had found that, believe me, I would not have made a spectacle of myself and would have eaten to my heart's content, like you and everyone else."
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