iylshowcase: Sunday Read - The Storyteller by Walter Benjamin - ReviewBefore he had written about th
iylshowcase: Sunday Read - The Storyteller by Walter Benjamin - ReviewBefore he had written about the flâneur, or the aura of the artwork, a young Walter Benjamin set out for Italy and Switzerland. He was 19 or so, and he experienced, for that month, his first freedom from the restrictions of school exams and family life. But when he returned to Germany, Benjamin made a curious decision: he composed and recited a sad, psychosexual story for his mother, Pauline, on the occasion of her birthday. -- source link