Seasick on solid ground
It is a seasickness on solid ground. Its nature is such that you have forgotten the true names of things and now, in all haste, tip random names over them. Hastily. Hastily. But no sooner have you run away from them, than you have forgotten their names again. The poplar in the fields, which you have called "The Tower of Babel" because you didn´t know or didn´t want to know that it is a poplar, sways nameless again, and you might be forced to name it "Noah, when he was drunk".
(Franz Kafka from "The Prayer")
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Orig. Title
Eine Seekrankheit auf festem Lande
Eine Seekrankheit auf festem Lande
Year
1996
1996
Countries
Germany, Austria
Germany, Austria
Duration
15 min
15 min
Category
Short fiction
Short fiction
Orig. Language
German
German
Subtitles
English
English