Peter Newell, The hole book
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
“With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that he also was an illusion, that someone else was dreaming him.”
Jorge Luis Borges, The circular ruins
(lithography by Maurits Cornelis Escher)
“And if he left off dreaming about you…”
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass (The red king)
Lady dear, if Fairies may
For a moment lay aside
Cunning tricks and elfish play,
‘Tis at happy Christmas-tide.
We have heard the children say -
Gentle children, whom we love -
Long ago on Christmas Day,
Came a message from above,
Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
They remember it again -
Echo still the joyful sound
“Peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Yet the hearts must childlike be
Where such heavenly guests abide;
Unto children, in their glee,
All the year is Christmas-tide!
Thus, forgetting tricks and play
For a moment, Lady dear,
We would wish you, if we may,
Merry Christmas, Glad New Year!
Christmas, 1867
Lewis Carroll, Christmas Greeting (From a Fairy to a Child)
Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!’ she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn’t tell what o’clock it is!’
`Why should it?’ muttered the Hatter. `Does your watch tell you what year it is?’
`Of course not,’ Alice replied very readily: `but that’s because it stays the same year for such a long time together.’
`Which is just the case with mine,’ said the Hatter.
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Tullio Pericoli, Proust
Tullio Pericoli, Borges
Tullio Pericoli, Faggi giganti
Tullio Pericoli, L’isola di Robinson
