Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008520, Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:10:34 -0700

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Fw: Fleur again... A Flurry of Fleurs
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From: "Tom Rymour" <tom@discobolus.co.za>
To: <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:36 AM
Subject: Fleur again...


> Dear List,
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> Fleur in Sudarg's mirror is one of VN's more memorable passages; she
really
> is a morsel for a monarch. All this reflection reminds me of 1966 and an
> act at Le Crazy Horse in Paris. A "dea ex machina" was lowered from the
> flies, naked, hanging from a trapeze with both hands. When she was inside
a
> spotlit semicircle of tall mirrors the trapeze bar began to revolve
slowly.
> The effect was kaleidoscopic, to say the least -- an infinity of twirling
> nymphs. Not that Charles the Beloved would have been impressed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom the Dirty Old Man
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