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EDNOTE. NABOKV-L thanks Jansy (once again) for the Rastelli information
below.
Michael Maar mentions R in his reply to Dieter Zimmer.
I recall looking up R some time ago after finding the name in Nabokov,
but cannot recall what work it occurred in. Can someone enlighten me??
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: Rastelli in Maar in the Times Literary Supplement, Plus EDQUeRY
> Rastelli apparently was not a Japanese juggler and he spent his youth in
> Russia, his last act was with soccer balls and he was able to make
> "reporters enjoy writing about him" ,etc.
> This information arose simply from a "google trip" and offers no help to
> find out where does VN write about Rastelli...
> From "Juggling, the Art and its Artists"
> Enrico Rastelli was the most famous and, in the opinion of many, the
> greatest juggler who ever lived. He was one of variety's most celebrated
> celebrities at a time when variety was the main form of entertainment. His
> audiences as well as the press loved him as much for his personality as
for
> his act, which was the standard to which his contemporaries were compared.
> His career consisted of three distinct periods, the first being Japanese
> style ball-manipulation which was inspired by the juggler Takaschima whom
he
> had seen in Russia as a youth. During the second period he wore a silk
> costume and worked with rubber balls. Finally, with the increasing
> popularity of soccer, he changed his act again, and began juggling with
> leather soccer balls. He knew how to change his style to keep up with the
> fashions of the day and how to make reporters enjoy writing about him.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- >
> > > EDNOTE. In his reply to Dieter Zimmer, Michael Maar ends his posting
> > > (below) with the words: "Who is smiling here to whom - the paedophile
> > > Humbert at a missed chance, or his creator at the lesser Spanish
nymphet
> > of
> > > the aristocrat Lichberg, who had supplied the services of a page to
the
> > true
> > > princess? Referential mania? If only one ever knew with this
Rastelli."
> > > The intrepid Suellen Stringer-Hye, compiler of the the surveys of VN
in
> > the
> > > media, supplies the background and meaning of the name Rastelli--a
> famed
> > > Japanese juggler.
>
below.
Michael Maar mentions R in his reply to Dieter Zimmer.
I recall looking up R some time ago after finding the name in Nabokov,
but cannot recall what work it occurred in. Can someone enlighten me??
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: Rastelli in Maar in the Times Literary Supplement, Plus EDQUeRY
> Rastelli apparently was not a Japanese juggler and he spent his youth in
> Russia, his last act was with soccer balls and he was able to make
> "reporters enjoy writing about him" ,etc.
> This information arose simply from a "google trip" and offers no help to
> find out where does VN write about Rastelli...
> From "Juggling, the Art and its Artists"
> Enrico Rastelli was the most famous and, in the opinion of many, the
> greatest juggler who ever lived. He was one of variety's most celebrated
> celebrities at a time when variety was the main form of entertainment. His
> audiences as well as the press loved him as much for his personality as
for
> his act, which was the standard to which his contemporaries were compared.
> His career consisted of three distinct periods, the first being Japanese
> style ball-manipulation which was inspired by the juggler Takaschima whom
he
> had seen in Russia as a youth. During the second period he wore a silk
> costume and worked with rubber balls. Finally, with the increasing
> popularity of soccer, he changed his act again, and began juggling with
> leather soccer balls. He knew how to change his style to keep up with the
> fashions of the day and how to make reporters enjoy writing about him.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- >
> > > EDNOTE. In his reply to Dieter Zimmer, Michael Maar ends his posting
> > > (below) with the words: "Who is smiling here to whom - the paedophile
> > > Humbert at a missed chance, or his creator at the lesser Spanish
nymphet
> > of
> > > the aristocrat Lichberg, who had supplied the services of a page to
the
> > true
> > > princess? Referential mania? If only one ever knew with this
Rastelli."
> > > The intrepid Suellen Stringer-Hye, compiler of the the surveys of VN
in
> > the
> > > media, supplies the background and meaning of the name Rastelli--a
> famed
> > > Japanese juggler.
>
