Josephine the Singer (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Franz Kafka
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Plot: Animal tale
- Time of Work: Unspecified
- Setting: Unspecified
- Principal Characters: Josephine, The narrator
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: Art or artists, Singing or singers, Rats or mice
The Story
The narrator, a philosophizing mouse, reflects on the powerful effect that the singing of his fellow mouse Josephine has on the unmusical community of mice. Among the practical, sly, and care-laden mice, Josephine is an exception. She alone loves music and knows how to supply it. However, there are some mice who do not find anything extraordinary in Josephine's singing. The narrator partly includes himself in this opposition group that finds nothing artistic in her song, which seems to be nothing more than common mouse squeaking. The narrator adds, however, that one...
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