The Burrow (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Franz Kafka
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Plot: Character study
- Time of Work: Unspecified
- Setting: A burrow in a forest
- Principal Characters: An anonymous burrowing animal
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Prisons, Fear, Death or dying, Isolation
The Story
“The Burrow” opens with the successful completion of the burrow and the narrator claiming that he is no longer afraid, then immediately stating his fear that someone could inadvertently discover the opening of the burrow and “destroy everything for good.” Though at the zenith of his life, he cannot be tranquil, even in his burrow's strongest, innermost chamber, for some unknown, unnamed enemy may be burrowing toward him. The narrator has the advantage of knowing all the burrow's passages and each of its more than fifty rooms; he is, however, growing old. Not...
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