The short prose of Walter Benjamin long part of the canon of modern classics ago. Whether it is a seal, a Persian rug or a carousel, even the most insignificant phenomena may be the subject of the famous intellectual imagination of Benjamin, looking for a deeper understanding of the twentieth century. In each fragment threats and disasters of the time perceived ... but at the same time, also the profound hope that everything is, someday, different and better. In the current era in which profusely published the works of great thinkers like Walter Benjamin, it is very timely appearance of this small but great work, because it is an alternative way into the complex work of the great German philosopher.
