(An episode of Mathematics and Narrative .)
Mathematician Peter J. Cameron this morning
on a Paris anthropological exhibition subtitled
Révélation d’un temps sans fin —
"I was reminded of Herbert Read’s
novel The Green Child ."
Related recent posts from this journal:
Seal for the Seventh, Forthright, and Fourth Right.
A passage from The Green Child :
"He watched over her until he too began to feel
overpowered by a desire to sleep. He therefore
got out on to the ledge of the trough and pulled
the Green Child after him. The rock there was
warm, smooth as jade to the flesh. They lay there
and sank into a profound slumber."
Sweet dreams, Mr. Taylor.
Green Child on the Rocks —
