At 16:31 9-12-99 +0100, Roberto wrote: > >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 haven´t got my Helipolis here, >but I think there are some interesting things over there. Roberto, I remember vaguely, yes. Heliopolis is a long time ago for me. I had to think of the execution of a German soldier during WW2, as described in Strahlungen. When the man is hit, he at first expresses amazement, then, still standing, his outlooks become threatening, dangerous. On the way back in a car, the docter explains his gestures scientifically, but Juenger writes: he didn't see, what I saw. Regards, René ----------------------------------- drs. René de Bakker Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam Afdeling Catalogisering Faculteiten tel. 020-5252368
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