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Investigations of a Dog

Investigations of a Dog

"Investigations of a Dog" is a short story by Franz Kafka written in 1922. It was published posthumously in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer . The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections . Told from the perspective of a dog, the story concerns the nature and limits of knowledge, by way of the dog's inquiries into the practices of his culture.


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“Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations.”

"Investigations of a Dog"
The Complete Stories (1971)

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“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”

"Investigations of a Dog"
The Complete Stories (1971)

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