{"product_id":"brief-encounters-mouse-folk-paperback","title":"Brief Encounters: Mouse Folk (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFive of Franz Kafka’s most compelling short animal stories, where fable, dark humour and unease collide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA community gathers to listen to the singing of a mouse. An ape addresses an academy to explain how he became human. A creature digs ever deeper into its burrow, gripped by fear of what might be lurking outside. In these strange and unsettling stories, animals speak plainly about their hopes, fears and fixations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes the stories: \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJosephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Report to an Academy\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Burrow\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Advocate\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eInvestigations of a Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout The Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/span\u003e (1883–1924) was born into a Jewish family in Prague. In 1906 he received a doctorate in jurisprudence, and for many years he worked a tedious job as a civil service lawyer investigating claims at the State Worker's Accident Insurance Institute. He never married, and published only a few slim volumes of stories during his lifetime. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMeditation\u003c\/span\u003e, a collection of sketches, appeared in 1912; \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Stoker: A Fragment\u003c\/span\u003e in 1913; \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/span\u003e in 1915; \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Judgement\u003c\/span\u003e in 1916; \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Penal Colony\u003c\/span\u003e in 1919; and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Country Doctor\u003c\/span\u003e in 1920. The great novels were not published until after his death from tuberculosis: \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerica, The Trial\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619959890127,"sku":"9781529986013","price":22.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_1c0ec23a-5891-4062-afe5-b6d41ce05a5f.jpg?v=1784794039","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/brief-encounters-mouse-folk-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}