| LC control no. | no2012101447 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. In der Strafkolonie |
| Biography/History note | Synopsis from ISFDB: Science fiction device. Describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds, the reader learns more and more about the machine, including its origin and original justification. |
| Form of work | Novellas Speculative fiction |
| Beginning date | 1919 |
| Found in | Glass, P. In the penal colony [SR] p2011: container (based on the short story by Franz Kafka) Contemporary authors online, July 27, 2012 (In der Strafkolonie, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919) Internet speculative fiction database, 22 December 2017 (In der Strafkolonie, novelette first published in 1919) |
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