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The Silence of the Sirens

Franz Kafka

First published 1933
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Translation of 'Das Schweigen der Sirenen', first published 1931. First English translation published by Martin Secker in 1933.
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1933 Cover The Great Wall of China and Other Pieces Martin Secker Collection 227
October 1946 The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections Schocken Books Collection 248
1947 Parables in German and English Schocken Books Collection 75
March 1948 The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections Schocken Books Collection 248
1961 Cover Parables and Paradoxes / Parabeln und Paradoxe Schocken Books Collection 89
1971 Cover Extraordinary Tales Herder and Herder Anthology 82
1971 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection 430|430.2
1983 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection 430|430.2
1990 Extraordinary Tales Allison & Busby Anthology 82
September 1993 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection |62
October 1995 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection 430|430.2
2005 Cover The Complete Short Stories Vintage (UK) Collection 430
October 2012 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection |60
January 2015 Cover Collected Stories Everyman's Library Collection |62