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320:A Message from the Emperor
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506:The Silence of the Sirens
432:The Cares of a Family Man
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220:Description of a Struggle
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684:The Great Wall of China
548:The Problem of Our Laws
464:Investigations of a Dog
313:The Great Wall of China
833:The Warden of the Tomb
712:Parables and Paradoxes
327:A Report to an Academy
112:. H Steinhauer –
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907:(1986 play)
736:Diaries and
655:collections
653:Short story
639:On Parables
632:Give It Up!
569:The Vulture
450:The Refusal
418:My Neighbor
411:Eleven Sons
154:Franz Kafka
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964:Categories
772:and essays
597:Homecoming
534:Fellowship
513:Prometheus
478:The Burrow
376:The Bridge
241:The Stoker
181:The Castle
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618:Advocates
442:1917–1923
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562:The Test
541:At Night
527:Poseidon
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583:The Top
334:A Dream
188:Amerika
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166:Novels
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