Anote about Vollmer. He no longer describes the earth as a library globe or a map that has come alive, as a cosmic2 eye staring into deep space. This last was his most ambitious fling3 at imagery4. The war has changed...Anote about Vollmer. He no longer describes the earth as a library globe or a map that has come alive, as a cosmic2 eye staring into deep space. This last was his most ambitious fling3 at imagery4. The war has changed the way he sees the earth. The earth is land and water, the dwelling place of mortal men, in elevated5dictionary terms. He doesn’t see it any more (storm-spiralled6, sea-bright, breathing heat and haze and colour).展开更多
文摘Anote about Vollmer. He no longer describes the earth as a library globe or a map that has come alive, as a cosmic2 eye staring into deep space. This last was his most ambitious fling3 at imagery4. The war has changed the way he sees the earth. The earth is land and water, the dwelling place of mortal men, in elevated5dictionary terms. He doesn’t see it any more (storm-spiralled6, sea-bright, breathing heat and haze and colour).
