more thoughts on Jolenta

Jane Delawney · 02 Jun 2010, 22:22 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jane_delawney at sky.com (Jane Delawney)
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:22:53 +0100
Subject: (urth) more thoughts on Jolenta
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I'd agree with Jerry here, when Jolenta has died Severian realises that 
not only has she been (quite literally!) put under a 'glamor' to make 
her believe that she is beautiful, not only has she had hair extensions 
and the local equivalent of breast and 'booty' enhancements, but that 
there are wires and bands of steel concealed within her flesh. She's 
kind of half-woman, half- android. No wonder the Claw had no effect.

jd

On 02/06/10 15:42, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> I assumed that the Claw didn't work on Jolenta for the same reason Jonas fell in love with her: she wasn't fully human (any more).
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