THE BOOK AND „THE BOOK”
This article analyses one of Schulz’s most famous stories which is based on an ancient symbol of the Book. The Book can be understood as the refl ection of an archaic myth or as a dream about the state of androgyne, a sign of the lost childhood and a metaphor of the Saint Spirit. The protagonist rejects the Bible as a false source of the revelation and finds the illumination in an old newspaper. A journalist rhetoric overlaps the biblical stylization; the contrast between them shows that every style is inadequate. The illumination cannot find it’s expression, it’s hidden sense is lost. The protagonist discovers that the essence of the human condition is the infi nite journey between the signs. The article presents multiple interpretations of the story but its aim remains on at developing a relatively new one. The Book symbolizes the absence of the Absolute. Dispersed in a process of verbalisation, the Absolute vanishes between multiple languages. The elusive Ultimate Sense turns into myth. This is a very modernist trait of Schulz’s literature. His inquiries for a Hidden Rule appear futile yet he continues searching for it. He wants to reach the truth of Logos but instead fi nds himself imprisoned in the mumble of countless stories.

This article analyses one of Schulz’s most famous stories which is based on an ancient symbol of the Book. The Book can be understood as the refl ection of an archaic myth or as a dream about the state of androgyne, a sign of the lost childhood and a metaphor of the Saint Spirit. The protagonist rejects the Bible as a false source of the revelation and finds the illumination in an old newspaper. A journalist rhetoric overlaps the biblical stylization; the contrast between them shows that every style is inadequate. The illumination cannot find it’s expression, it’s hidden sense is lost. The protagonist discovers that the essence of the human condition is the infi nite journey between the signs. The article presents multiple interpretations of the story but its aim remains on at developing a relatively new one. The Book symbolizes the absence of the Absolute. Dispersed in a process of verbalisation, the Absolute vanishes between multiple languages. The elusive Ultimate Sense turns into myth. This is a very modernist trait of Schulz’s literature. His inquiries for a Hidden Rule appear futile yet he continues searching for it. He wants to reach the truth of Logos but instead fi nds himself imprisoned in the mumble of countless stories.