Good morning...

[fajrdrako]

On Wednesday my nurse Renato looked thoughtfully at the walls of my living room and said, "You must like The Lord of the Rings."

I could hardly deny it.

When he was first here, he did a double-take to see the dragon on top of my harp. "What is it?" he asked.

Today he looked thoughtfully at the Rosemary Spragg relief of "North Portal, Chartres Cathedral" on my wall and asked what it was. Then he looked at my copy of The Rose of Versailles and said, "This is a Japanese book?" I explained - briefly and simply, I hope - what it was.

Then he said, "I've never seen an apartment like yours. I've been to a lot of places, but yours is different."

I hope he meant in a good way.

I don't think he's used to fannishness.

Comments

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

I love that he noticed the Rose of Versailles. I kind of wish he had noticed Eroica... that would have been a fun explanation.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I kind of wish he had noticed Eroica... that would have been a fun explanation.Eroica is on the other side of the room, where I was sleeping - The Rose of Versailles was beside my computer. Right beside my Peter Wingfield sarcophagus!

[abrakadabrah.livejournal.com]

What is the Rose of Versailles? And why would he think it's a Japanese cookbook?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

The Rose of Versailles is a manga I really like - one of the first I ever read. I talk about it here (http://fajrdrako.livejournal.com/tag/rose+of+versailles). It's the story of a girl who became captain of the guard at the court of Marie Antoinette - all very swashbuckling and romantic.

It's not a cookbook, just a two-volume manga set. And I'm not sure how Renato noticed right off that it was Japanese - perhaps because the author's name is Riyoko Ikeda? Or because he recognized the manga style of art?