In the canon
A Hunger Artist
- Form
- Form Short Story
- Year
- Year 1922
- Originally in
- Originally in German
- Pages
- Pages 10
A professional faster sits caged for paying crowds; fashion moves on, and he starves past all his records unnoticed, confessing at the end that he only fasted because he never found a food he liked.
I always wanted you to admire my fasting.
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