用手边的东西造出来的
On Lamb Holm, two army huts hold a chapel that prisoners of war made out of scrap, and the only honest question to ask about it is a question about work.
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进到里面,铁皮房就消失了。二十世纪四十年代,意大利战俘被带到这里修筑防波堤,他们请求有个地方做礼拜。他们拿到的是波纹铁皮。他们用它做出来的,是一个拱形天顶、一处石砌圣坛、一道锻铁屏风和一幅彩绘祭坛画,其中一位名叫多梅尼科·基奥凯蒂的画家领着大家干。
“你还需要什么才能完成这项工作?”这正是那座营地必须回答的问题。他们要了水泥,也拿到了水泥。其余的一切都出自营里正要扔掉的东西。屏风是冷锻的废铁。烛台是咸牛肉罐头。圣坛的石头其实是石膏板,画得那么仔细,你得凑近了它才肯承认自己是什么。
管理员把一件小手工具落在了窗台上。“你能教我怎么用这个工具吗?”波莉问,他教了,可她第一遍没听明白。“可以再解释一遍吗?”他又解释了一遍。然后他回去刷他的漆,波莉抬头看那片天顶:平的铁皮假装成一道弧,而且从屋里任何一个座位看过去,这个假装都成立。
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