IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB (WHICH IS, IN FACT, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS), WE DISCUSS ONE OF THE GREAT FRANZ KAFKA'S MOST FAMOUS STORIES: A HUNGER ARTIST. AS FAR AS KAFKA GOES, THIS STORY SEEMS RELATIVELY TAME: IT APPEARS TO BE A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO IS DEVOTED TO FASTING, WHOSE ART IS NOT RECOGNIZED PROPERLY BY THE WORLD. BUT THIS IS A KAFKA STORY AFTER ALL, AND YOUR HOSTS ARE WORLD-CLASS LITERARY ANALYSTS. WHAT DOES THIS STORY HAVE TO DO WITH FREUD AND MOMMY ISSUES? WHAT DOES THE NATURE OF FASTING HAVE TO DO WITH THE NATURE OF ART? AND WHAT HASANY OF THAT TO DO WITH BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM? PANTHERS?? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!! LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CONVERSATION AT [email protected]. WE READ ALL EMAILS!! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ELIOTT'S STUDY FROM THE OPENING SEGMENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSES!! PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY I ENDED UP FASTING FOR 100 HOURS..WATCH THE VIDEO HERE. AND FURTHERMORE JOIN THE NEW BIG NATE DISCORD!! SHOW NOTES: A HUNGER ARTIST, PDF FLY FROM HEAVEN (TOAD THE WET SPROCKET) THE HUNGER ARTIST STOP MOTION (TOM GIBBONS) ANGUS BARBIERI'S FAST FEATURES OF A SUCCESSFUL THERAPEUTIC FAST OF 382 DAYS' DURATION DIVISION OF PERCEPTUAL STUDIES (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA) THE CASE OF JAMES LEININGER BIG NATE LINKS: ⁠⁠BIG NATE'S PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠BIG NATE'S BOOK REVIEWS (YOUTUBE)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠FOLLOW BIG NATE ON INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠⁠FOLLOW BIG NATE ON GOODREADS⁠⁠ music by jake young.