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From: "Peter A. Kartsev" <petr@glas.apc.org>
> Perhaps obtuse question: where, or what, is "Chur" mentioned in the
> beginning of Transparent Things? Is it in Massachussets? And if it is,
> does this mean that the ghostly reflection that Hugh sees in the mirror in
> the elevator belong's to the dead hotel owner? Always puzzled by this one..
The question has already been answered in geographical terms, but it may
also be noted that "chur" is an obsolete Russian word meaning
borderline, boundary, limit, pale, etc.
It is also an interjection (still in colloquial use) expressing demand,
prohibition, or condition, and the same is used as a quick invocation
against supernatural evil ("Chur menya" - "Don't touch me").
And, as an afterthought, the verb "churat'sya" from the same root means
"to keep away from".
--
Peter A. Kartsev
Moscow, Russia
Phone: (095) 471-5457
E-mail: petr@glas.apc.org
En cada instante puede revelarte su amor Helena de Troya. -- JLB
> Perhaps obtuse question: where, or what, is "Chur" mentioned in the
> beginning of Transparent Things? Is it in Massachussets? And if it is,
> does this mean that the ghostly reflection that Hugh sees in the mirror in
> the elevator belong's to the dead hotel owner? Always puzzled by this one..
The question has already been answered in geographical terms, but it may
also be noted that "chur" is an obsolete Russian word meaning
borderline, boundary, limit, pale, etc.
It is also an interjection (still in colloquial use) expressing demand,
prohibition, or condition, and the same is used as a quick invocation
against supernatural evil ("Chur menya" - "Don't touch me").
And, as an afterthought, the verb "churat'sya" from the same root means
"to keep away from".
--
Peter A. Kartsev
Moscow, Russia
Phone: (095) 471-5457
E-mail: petr@glas.apc.org
En cada instante puede revelarte su amor Helena de Troya. -- JLB