What country was the short story, which the movie Kagbeni is loosely based on, first published in?
Kagbeni (film) Kagbeni is a 2008 Nepali movie, loosely based on W. W. Jacobs's 1902 horror short story "The Monkey's Paw". "Kagbeni" is the directorial debut of Bhusan Dahal. The name of the movie is taken from a tourist place Kagbeni situated in the valley of the Kali Gandaki, which is a 2-hour side trek from Muktinath.
A Report to an Academy "A Report to an Academy" (German: "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie") is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has learned to behave like a human, presents to an academy the story of how he effected his transformation. The story was first published by Martin Buber in the German monthly "Der Jude", along with another of Kafka's stories, "Jackals and Arabs" ("Schakale und Araber"). The story appeared again in a 1919 collection titled "Ein Landarzt" ("A Country Doctor").