“They knew her as Nicola. They called her Lady Nick. The feminine avatar of Old Nick – Nick the devil. She could reduce a man to a quivering mass of hormones ruled by his senses with a single slicing look of those sharp black eyes. All she had to do was set her eyes on the man and he was hers. “She’s had more lovers than I’ve had hot dinners,” was how they had introduced her in one talk-show. Lady Nick, they called her. Lady Nick, the home-breaker. You couldn’t cross her without regretting it. Lady Nick, they called her. Lady Nick, the ball breaker.”
She’s up there on Literary Mosaic – go get acquainted and don’t forget to let me know if you like her! ;-)
Currently:-
- Mulling over this statement I came across in a review of a new Franco-Israeli film, titled “La Fiancée Syriénne.”
« ... Comme si l'espoir était devenu obsolète. » (...as if hope had become obsolete) - Reading up about a political scandal that took place in France in the 1890s that led to the publishing of Emile Zola’s famous « J’accuse », a drastic evolution of the French press with greater liberty and criticism of the government being introduced, division of the society into two halves, the growth of the Socialist party in France, the first political anti-Semitist writings and the birth of Israel, as a country for the Jews. It’s interesting to say the least.
- Listening to Eagle Eye Cherry’s Save Tonight, off Jukebox Favourites.
7 comments:
i for some reason cannot post on nicola, so here;s my comment..
"Ouch. That's the kind of woman everyone wants to be and loves to hate right? Bet a lot of people were glad to see her dead, and open and shut or not, bet not many people believed the director had anything to do with it. As always, beautiful charachterisation, if a tad amorphous. But it goes, and it flows. As they say, ca roules..."
Oh, and in the name of being a tad factually right, you never get to rehearse at the Prithvi. Unless you pay per shift. (don't hate me for that pleaseeee)
sounds sensous and scary at the same time going over to read
really scary!!!!!!!!!!but wud'nt hate her though
A dark story.
A character well sketched.
A good read.
:-)
believe u already have my comments! ;-)
ooooooh, LOVED the black/scarlet atmosphere; a lovely read. Devilish right down to the last act!Kinda like the Lilith of the 21st century?
Wasn't really scary for me, more like thrilling.
er...AUROBINDO GHOSH???
*giggle*
Yeah BLogger mein kuch problem hai these days - I had probs posting comments on some other blogs myself...though later, when I went back I could comment! As I've always maintained, the ways of the internet are mysterious and bizarre!
Phal - Hey thanks for that input. I didn't know abt that, infact never even gave it a thought. Am adequately chastised and don't hate you for it at all!
Akshay - Shall reply to thy comment on Literary Mosaic!
P.S Was expecting you at the read-meet. I read this one!
Aparna, ::A::, Rahul - Thanks! (Yeah Rahul the comment has been saved)
Prachi - LOL, yeah a Bengali friend had the same reaction to the name as you did! I didn't realise the significance of the name till I read the story after finishing it, and then simply couldn't change it! Glad you liked it - opinions of fellow Lit students mean alot! :-)
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