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Peter Kuper
Born
in Summit, New Jersey, The United States
September 22, 1958
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The Metamorphosis (Graphic Novel Adaptation)
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published
2004
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13 editions
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Ruins
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published
2015
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13 editions
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Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
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published
2018
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16 editions
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The System
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published
1997
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13 editions
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Give it Up! and Other Short Stories
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published
1995
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8 editions
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The Jungle
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published
1990
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6 editions
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Stop Forgetting to Remember: The Autobiography of Walter Kurtz
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published
2007
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3 editions
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Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years in Mexico
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published
2009
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11 editions
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Sticks and Stones
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published
2004
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3 editions
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Drawn to New York: An Illustrated Chronicle of Three Decades in New York City
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2013
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12 editions
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“The fortress was fashioned by my hard work
and I paid dearly in constructing it.
It had to be hammered into a firm state
and I was glad when the blood came.
It was proof the walls were hardening.
- The Burrow”
― Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
and I paid dearly in constructing it.
It had to be hammered into a firm state
and I was glad when the blood came.
It was proof the walls were hardening.
- The Burrow”
― Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
“Besides casual onlookers there were also permanent watchers. This was merely a formality: the artist would never swallow the smallest morsel of food.
No one could possible watch the hunger artist continuously, therefore he was bound to be the sole spectator completely satisfied with his own fast.
Such suspicions, anyhow, were a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting.
Yet for other reasons he was never content.
For he alone knew how easy it was to fast.
Experience had proven that the interest of the public could be sustained for about forty days.
But after that their enthusiasm began to wane.
So on that day
the cage was opened.
Two doctors entered to
measure the results of the fast,
and two young ladies were selected for the honor of helping the hunger artist in a small table,
on which was spread a carefully chosen meal.
And at this moment the artist always turned stubborn. Why should he be cheated of the fame he would get for fasting longer, breaking his own record as the greatest hunger artist of all time?
- A Hunger Artist”
― Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
No one could possible watch the hunger artist continuously, therefore he was bound to be the sole spectator completely satisfied with his own fast.
Such suspicions, anyhow, were a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting.
Yet for other reasons he was never content.
For he alone knew how easy it was to fast.
Experience had proven that the interest of the public could be sustained for about forty days.
But after that their enthusiasm began to wane.
So on that day
the cage was opened.
Two doctors entered to
measure the results of the fast,
and two young ladies were selected for the honor of helping the hunger artist in a small table,
on which was spread a carefully chosen meal.
And at this moment the artist always turned stubborn. Why should he be cheated of the fame he would get for fasting longer, breaking his own record as the greatest hunger artist of all time?
- A Hunger Artist”
― Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
“One day, the ringmaster's eye fell upon the cage and he asked: "Why?"
this perfectly good spot should be left standing there unused.
Nobody knew, until one man remembered about the hunger artist.
"Are you still fasting?"
"Forgive me, everybody.
"I've always wanted you to admire my fasting.
"But you shouldn't admire it.
Because I have to fast. I can't help it."
"And why can't you help it?"
"Because I couldn't find the food I liked. If I had, I should have stuffed myself life you or anyone else."
Those were his last words, but in his dimming eyes remained the firm conviction that he was still continuing to fast.
And they buried the hunger artist, straw and all.
- A Hunger Artist”
― Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
this perfectly good spot should be left standing there unused.
Nobody knew, until one man remembered about the hunger artist.
"Are you still fasting?"
"Forgive me, everybody.
"I've always wanted you to admire my fasting.
"But you shouldn't admire it.
Because I have to fast. I can't help it."
"And why can't you help it?"
"Because I couldn't find the food I liked. If I had, I should have stuffed myself life you or anyone else."
Those were his last words, but in his dimming eyes remained the firm conviction that he was still continuing to fast.
And they buried the hunger artist, straw and all.
- A Hunger Artist”
― Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
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