How do you characterize the story?

Generally, Kafka’s work is characterized by an unreal and
fantastic premise, such as a young man turning into an insect (The Metamorphosis), or a
man being arrested and put on trial for no reason (The Trial). Everywhere in his work
one finds a sense of the absurd, aimless, bizarre, and grotesque—all present in “A
Hunger Artist,” which was one of the works on which he wanted to base his reputation
(the others being “The Judgment,” “The Stoker,” “The Metamorphosis,” “In the Penal
Colony,” and “A Country Doctor”). “A Hunger Artist” was one of a collection of four
stories which Kafka proofread on his deathbed and which were published in 1924. Each one
is built upon an unreal premise. In one story, a trapeze artist is happy nowhere but on
his trapeze (“First Sorrow”). In a second, a man feels threatened by a woman who
compulsively tries to change his ways (“A Little Woman”). In the third, a singer is so
excellent that her coming death will bring an end to the very existence of music
(“Josephine the Singer, or The Mousefolk”).