Franz Kafka's COUNTRY DOCTOR (The Black Mass) Radio Play

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"A Country Doctor" (German: "Ein Landarzt") is a short story written in 1917 by Franz Kafka.The tale follows a medical professional on an emergency visit to a sick patient on a winter night. The doctor faces absurd, surreal predicaments that pull him along and finally doom him.August 14, 1964. KPFA/KPFK, Los Angeles/Berkeley. "A Country Doctor". Jack Nessel (creator), Larry Madin, Erik Bauersfeld (adaptor, producer, performer), Pat Franklyn, Bernard Mayes, John Whiting (technical production), Peter Winkler (composer, performer).

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