GR - Persian ceilings

[János Székely]

Yes, that's what I suspect too.
It's the Anglo-American team of Harvey Speed and Floyd Perdoo in London, May
1945, trying to investigate Slothrop's sex adventures and enjoying Mindless
Pleasures on the way. At a greengrocer's Perdoo selects a cantaeloupe,
"in whose intaglio net now, as among craters of the pale moon, a face is
indeed emerging, the face of a captive woman with eyes cast downward, lids
above as smooth as Persian ceilings. . . ."

2008/1/29, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
>
> I suspect there is a reference to something specific, something more
> than surrealism imagery alone.
> But I don't have the book here.  Can you provode a bit more context or
> a longer quote?
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 10:40 AM, János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > "the face of a captive woman cast downward, lids above as smooth as
> Persian ceilings" (GR 270)
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea how "Persian ceilings" come here? And how
> smooth they are? Or is this just a piece of surrealism?
> >
> > Thx,
> > Janos
> >
> >
>
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