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Paul Claes

A LITERARY LITANY

*Book: Ali Baba’s cave

*Book: alibi

*Book: almanac of all seasons

*Book: alternative truth

*Book: aquarium of characters

*Book: ashtray of the absent-minded

*Book: beacon of the short-sighted

*Book: beginning and end of wisdom

*Book: bible for unbelievers

*Book: blind date

*Book: bonanza for borrowers

*Book: box of Pandora

*Book: bracer for teetotallers

*Book: bread of the brain

*Book: cage of winged words

*Book: canned reality

*Book: cemetery of ideas

*Book: chart of the heart

*Book: cheap counsellor

*Book: child of the spirit

*Book: cloud of unknowing

*Book: comforter of the depressed

*Book: companion of the loner

*Book: compass of life

*Book: conversation piece

*Book: copycat

*Book: cure for social media

*Book: dating site for singles

*Book: daughter of memory

*Book: dust collector

*Book: Echo’s echo

*Book: eye-catcher

*Book: faithful friend

*Book: fan of fancy

*Book: ferry to fairyland

*Book: fistful of dreams

*Book: ghost of the past

*Book: guide to the future

*Book: happy hour

*Book: joy for ever

*Book: kaleidoscope

*Book: key of heaven

*Book: labyrinth of leaves

*Book: memory stick

*Book: microcosm

*Book: magic mirror of mirages

*Book: monument of the mind

*Book: mother’s little helper

*Book: multifoliate flower

*Book: Neverland

*Book: ode to the code

*Book: odyssey around the room

*Book: Open Sesame

*Book: paper boat

*Book: parrot

*Book: pillow talk

*Book: portable

*Book: possible universe

*Book: prism of print

*Book: private lesson

*Book: quarry of quotations

*Book: reader’s rosary

*Book: read me, riddle me, remember me

*Book: road to Xanadu

*Book: room of one’s own

*Book: score of the imagination

*Book: sediment of sentiments

*Book: show case

*Book: sleeping pill

*Book: smiling face

*Book: soft drug

*Book: solitary pleasure

*Book: soul mate

*Book: special spell

*Book: store of stories

*Book: striptease bar

*Book: taciturn companion

*Book: tavern of oblivion

*Book: teacher of the little taught

*Book: ticket to eternity

*Book: tip of the iceberg

*Book: tombstone of the unknown writer

*Book: tonic for the soul

*Book: train to nowhere

*Book: transfusion of feelings

*Book: travelogue

*Book: true liar

*Book: urn of lost memories  

*Book: venial sin

*Book: vessel of wisdom

*Book: virtual tour

*Book: wagon without wheels

*Book: war of words

*Book: whetstone of wit

*Book: window upon the world

*Book: wonderland

*Book: world without end

*Book: Xerox of the universe

*Book: X-ray of the soul

*Book: yours truly

*Book: zoom on the zeitgeist

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