THE FALSE FACE
And please, keep in mind, if the characters show themselves to us behind masks, we must remember that character has no other sense but mask, and that it is the “false face” which is true because personal.
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The amnesiac musician owns a magic nut that he keeps secretly inside a precious alpaca bone case sumptuously decorated with seven diamonds.
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There are two ribbons, a silver one and a purple one. The head of a red tiger is printed on the silver ribbon. The purple ribbon invites us to a gospel show at Greater North Shore.
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Stephen took his reed pipe out of his shirt pocket and started staring at its glimmering palladium resonator. “You look a little concerned today” said the pipe.
THE CAST
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“Suicide by hallucination”. The words were freshly painted on the lintel.
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Once again, Eddie, the printed photograph was reminded that she was made of paper.
THE AUTOMATON’S FACETIOUSNESS
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Its consistency felt somewhat like a sea urchin. It was pulsating stronger and stronger with each visit at the library.
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His asparagus hands started digging for the shiny object in the sand without even consulting himself in the first place.
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Would you be interested in spending your late afternoons in the California Room?
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Which one of these imaginary lives would you like to put on?
THE IRIS
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THE NEAPOLITAN
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HERE LIES
IN ITS WOODEN BINDING
A FOLIO COPY
OF THE BEST EDITION OF MAN
WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE
OF A GOLDEN AGE
WHICH THE WORLD NO LONGER UNDERSTANDSTO-DAY IT IS AN OLD BOOK
DAMAGED, STAINED AND IMPERFECT
THE TITLE PAGE GONE, WORM-EATEN,
AND BADLY INJURED BY DECAY
WE DARE NOT HOPE FOR IT
THE TARDY AND USELESS HONOR
OF A REPRINT
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The Romanian automaton was often used during dinner parties and receptions. Entering unannounced, the rascal would free the most sensational creatures in the room with the help of his tear-shaped glass device, dancing with it and playing with the strong rays of light emanating from it.
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The reading room is now closed. We invite you to proceed towards the exit door.
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THE DEVICE
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THE BOOK DESIGN
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THE DEER
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They were already there, in the garden: Pierrot, Marietta, the Shade of Pierrot, the Grey Figure, the Lilac Figure and the Spirit of Autumn.
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THE RESEMBLANCE
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Do not buy books you do not really want because they are cheap nor hesitate to spend more than you intend to obtain a rarity.
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The ballerina is surrounded by so many folds! Her eyes are like two cones scrutinizing the California Room in search for anything that could bounce.
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THE MOTHER
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A MONKEY IS WATCHING YOU
HARD AS THE DEVIL
WITH PLEASURE AND WITHOUT TIMIDITY
THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE
DANCE INSIDE
SCRATCHING WITH A POTATO
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Faber said to Stephen: “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features. This book can go under the microscope. You’d find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more ‘literary’ you are. That’s my definition anyway. Telling detail. Fresh detail. The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. So now you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life.”
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THE BACK OF STEPHEN’S MIND
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Faber continued: “These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes them want to live in other ways they can never really be.”
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ON
THE
USELESSNESS
OF
THEATRE
IN
THE
THEATRE
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WELCOME TO
THE GAME PLAN
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The mechanical character is significantly taller than a lamp-post. Its moustache serves as a canopy for the book during rainy days at the park. It is a great hiding place, too.
THE EYES IN THE DARK
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That author is very skillfull who needs only a detail of the mask for its depiction…
THE FATHER
With Cleopatra, the nose is enough; we know that the rest is not far behind.
TO BE CONTINUED…