“An old book is the past, too,” said Archimboldi, “a book written and published in 1789 is the past, its author no longer exists, neither does its printer or the ones who read it first or the time when it was written, but the book, the first edition of that book, is still here. Like the pyramids of the Aztecs,” said Archimboldi. “I hate first editions and pyramids and I hate those bloodthirsty Aztecs,” said Ingeborg. “But the light of the stars makes me dizzy. It makes me want to cry,” said Ingeborg, her eyes damp with madness.
