Nicole Krauss: "Franz Kafka sudah mati. Dia mati di pohon di mana dia...

"Franz Kafka sudah mati. Dia mati di pohon di mana dia tidak akan turun. "Turun!" mereka menangis kepadanya. "Turun! Turun!" Keheningan memenuhi malam, dan malam mengisi keheningan, sementara mereka menunggu Kafka berbicara. "Aku tidak bisa," akhirnya dia berkata, dengan nada prihatin. "Mengapa?" mereka menangis. Bintang-bintang tumpah melintasi langit hitam. "Karena dengan begitu kamu akan berhenti memintaku.""

--- Nicole Krauss

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Franz Kafka is dead. He died in a tree from which he wouldn't come down. "Come down!" they cried to him. "Come down! Come down!" Silence filled the night, and the night filled the silence, while they waited for Kafka to speak. "I can't," he finally said, with a note of wistfulness. "Why?" they cried. Stars spilled across the black sky. "Because then you'll stop asking for me."