BY FRANZ KAFKA, WITH ARTWORK BY LINDA LOWERY

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Franz Kafka’s shortest short story is among his most poignant. In a few hundred words he tells the unknown tale of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, usually stereotyped surfing the waves with his mighty trident. In Kafka’s version, Poseidon is a lonely bureaucrat who seldom actually glimpses the seas he supposedly rules. Frustrated, angry, and misunderstood, Poseidon spends his days hunched over a desk, “crunching the numbers,” quietly enraged at his lot in life.

We are delighted to present the story alongside Linda Lowery’s initial motif, in anticipation of an upcoming bilingual book edition which features several of her portraits. The broadside features an original translation by Klaus van Valken.

EDITION NOTES

• Limited to 300, numbered 1 through 300

• The seventh broadside of No Reply Press, Spring 2022.

• Broadside measures roughly 6 by 15 inches.

• Printed by hand on Crane 100% Cotton Lettra using a Vandercook Universal I cylinder press.

• Typeset in Centaur, designed by Bruce Rogers.

• Typically ships folded so that it can be housed in a letterpress broadside folder, but can be shipped flat upon request.

HAND-MADE FRAMING

• We offer museum-quality gallery frames, made specially for our broadsides. Each frame is made by hand with sustainably harvested poplar hardwood.

• The broadside is mounted to create a slight shadow which accents and exhibits the deckle edges of the papers we use.