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In the Penal Colony
Contributor(s): Johnston, Ian (Translator), Sir Angels (Editor), Franz, Kafka (Author)

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 ISBN: 1544053088     ISBN-13: 9781544053080
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $6.06  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.13 lbs) 32 pages
 
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The story focuses on the Explorer, who is encountering the brutal machine for the first time. Everything about the machine and its purpose is told to him by the Officer. The Soldier and the Condemned (who is unaware that he has been sentenced to die) placidly watch from nearby. The Officer tells of the religious epiphany the executed experience in their last six hours in the machine. Eventually, it becomes clear that the use of the machine and its associated process of justice - the accused is always instantly found guilty, and the law he has broken is inscribed on his body as he slowly dies over a period of 12 hours - has fallen out of favor with the current Commandant. The Officer is nostalgic regarding the torture machine and the values that were initially associated with it.
 
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