Re: [ejlist] DIE SCHERE #44: Notes 1

[rcalvom@ctv.es]

Rene de Bakker wrote:

> The dead man is described as insignificant, a man like million others. But
> the "grand brother Death" singles him out for a moment. A small crowd
> remains "staring insatiably at the dead man." [...] By this time an
> astonishing thing had happened. Just as the dead man's figure had appeared
> to shrink and contract visibly within its garments, as if before our eyes
> the body were withdrawing out of a life with which it had no further
> relationships, so now did all the other properties of space and light, the
> dimensions of width, length, and distance that surrounded him undergo an
> incredible change.

It reminds me of the dead man of Heliopolis (in the harbour scene,
when Lucius arrives to Helipolis). I havenīt got my Helipolis here,
but I think there are some interesting things over there.

best regards
roberto

Pd:Walter, thanks for your comments on Alice and "father Ernst".