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The Street of Crocodiles
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Every unique author is unique in his own way� And Bruno Schulz is one of the inarguable proofs.
And man created a mannequin� But what is much more important man created literature and peopled it with all kinds of sentient mannequins.
And miracles happen there because for a child everything that happens is a miracle full of magical mystery.
The Demiurge has had no monopoly of creation, for creation is the privilege of all spirits. Matter has been given infinite fertility, inexhaustible vitality, and, at the same time, a seductive power of temptation which invites us to create as well. In the depth of matter, indistinct smiles are shaped, tensions build up, attempts at form appear. The whole of matter pulsates with infinite possibilities that send dull shivers through it. Waiting for the life-giving breath of the spirit, it is endlessly in motion. It entices us with a thousand sweet, soft, round shapes which it blindly dreams up within itself.
And man created a mannequin� But what is much more important man created literature and peopled it with all kinds of sentient mannequins.
On that map, made in the style of baroque panoramas, the area of the Street of Crocodiles shone with the empty whiteness that usually marks polar regions or unexplored countries of which almost nothing is known. The lines of only a few streets were marked in black and their names given in simple, unadorned lettering, different from the noble script of the other captions. The cartographer must have been loath to include that district in the city and his reservations found expression in the typographical treatment.
And miracles happen there because for a child everything that happens is a miracle full of magical mystery.
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February 10, 2003
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February 12, 2003
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Finished Reading
January 30, 2014
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