"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
I’m doing some catching up on old reads, and here’s another one. I don’t know the author, this time, but I bought the book because of the publisher, which often associates it with the stunning “Winter Harvest” by Ioanna Papadopoulou, and the association is on
NOTHING could have been more neutral, more dull; the scene was the lecture hall of one of our most learned societies, as austere and grim a place as the cold mind and lifeless taste of Science could conceive, or anyhow did conceive and execute in
Tom Mountstephen was dressed in his very best—a black coat, a tie of blue satin studded with veritable planets, and in it a new zodiacal sign—a fox in full career, that formed the head of a pin. Tom’s collar was so stiffly starched and so
I’m doing some catching up on old reads, and here’s another one. I don’t know the author, this time, but I bought the book because of the publisher, which often associates it with the stunning “Winter Harvest” by Ioanna Papadopoulou, and the association is on
NOTHING could have been more neutral, more dull; the scene was the lecture hall of one of our most learned societies, as austere and grim a place as the cold mind and lifeless taste of Science could conceive, or anyhow did conceive and execute in
Tom Mountstephen was dressed in his very best—a black coat, a tie of blue satin studded with veritable planets, and in it a new zodiacal sign—a fox in full career, that formed the head of a pin. Tom’s collar was so stiffly starched and so
7 Comments
contenebbia
Posted at 13:57h, 31 JulyTi adoro, quasi quanto questa canzone di battiato, a cui son terribilmente legato! Che bell’omaggio, degno del tuo innato senso del Bello!
Shelidon
Posted at 14:30h, 31 JulyConte, mi fate arrossire.
Anch’io adoro quella canzone, con quella sua capacità di evocare immagini affascinanti che spesso ha Battiato…
coaloalab
Posted at 14:38h, 31 JulyNon vi lascio soli!
heraclitus
Posted at 06:51h, 01 Augustsarebbe un ottimo spettacolo.
Shelidon
Posted at 11:46h, 01 August@ Robert: mi dispiacerebbe il contrario!
@ Heraclitus: credo anch’io
utente anonimo
Posted at 15:34h, 01 AugustBattiato è diventato uno degli artisti preferiti della mia dolce metà, che in Italia ha fatto incetta dei suoi dischi… E complimenti per la splendida immagine!
Raffaella dagli USA
P.S. Sto per finire HP 7… A presto i miei commenti!
Shelidon
Posted at 16:36h, 01 AugustCarissima, sono veramente ansiosa di conoscere i tuoi commenti!