Un golpe a la puerta

The Knock at the Manor Gate  ( Der Schlag ans Hoftor ) is a short story by Franz Kafka. It was published posthumously in  Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer  (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in  The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections  (New York  Schocken Books, 1946).