A SHORT STORY BY FRANZ KAFKA

Franz Kafka’s shortest stories are often his most poignant. In a few hundred words he tells the story of Poseidon, oceanic bureaucrat. In Kafka’s version, lonely Poseidon 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 book edition which features several of her portraits. The broadside features an original translation by Klaus van Valken.