GLASS ACT

摘要

When Oscar Wilde was released from Reading Prison in 1897, his first brush with civilization was a trip back to London on the Great Western railroad. "Beautiful world! Beautiful world!" he uttered, responding to the simple presence of human activity. But he was also, no doubt, referring to Paddington Station, where sunlight slid down between the riveted traceries of the iron-and-glass train shed, transforming a sooty, industrial space into something ethereal.