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I wonder if "that tailor with his homemade parachute forty years ago when
about to jump from the Eiffel Tower" is somehow relevant to "Signs and
Symbols".
Anthony Stadlen
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In a message dated 26/02/2014 19:00:04 GMT Standard Time, mroth@MESSIAH.EDU
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In part 1, Chapter 29 of Lolita, Humbert, standing above the sleeping
girl, says “For at least two minutes I waited and strained on the brink, like
that tailor with his homemade parachute forty years ago when about to jump
from the Eiffel Tower” (AnLo 128). Oddly, Appel provides no annotation.
The tailor in question is Franz Reichelt, and his leap was fatal. VN must
have seen the newsreel (see link) below, as most of it is taken up with
ill-fated Franz standing on the brink. Humbert’s image is lively enough on its
own, but I have to say that it takes on a new flavor after one watches the
film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BepyTSzueno
Matt Roth
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about to jump from the Eiffel Tower" is somehow relevant to "Signs and
Symbols".
Anthony Stadlen
"Oakleigh"
2A Alexandra Avenue
GB - London N22 7XE
Tel.: +44 (0) 20 8888 6857
For Existential Psychotherapy and Inner Circle Seminars see:
_http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com_ (http://anthonystadlen.blogspot.com/)
In a message dated 26/02/2014 19:00:04 GMT Standard Time, mroth@MESSIAH.EDU
writes:
In part 1, Chapter 29 of Lolita, Humbert, standing above the sleeping
girl, says “For at least two minutes I waited and strained on the brink, like
that tailor with his homemade parachute forty years ago when about to jump
from the Eiffel Tower” (AnLo 128). Oddly, Appel provides no annotation.
The tailor in question is Franz Reichelt, and his leap was fatal. VN must
have seen the newsreel (see link) below, as most of it is taken up with
ill-fated Franz standing on the brink. Humbert’s image is lively enough on its
own, but I have to say that it takes on a new flavor after one watches the
film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BepyTSzueno
Matt Roth
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