Identity

A quote by Franz Kafka

I stand on the platform of the electric tram, entirely uncertain of my place in this world, in this city, in my family.

Franz Kafka

New English translation prepared for this collection from the German original.

From the source

Contemplation (Betrachtung), “Der Fahrgast” (The Passenger), page 59.

German text: Betrachtung, Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1913 title page; printed November 1912.

The first person narrator describes a moment on a tram.

Original German

Ich stehe auf der Plattform des elektrischen Wagens und bin vollständig unsicher in Rücksicht meiner Stellung in dieser Welt, in dieser Stadt, in meiner Familie.