Alexander F. Tcherviakov - Fans

Alexander F. Tcherviakov

FANS

2014, Confidential Concepts, Worldwide, USA

2014, Parkstone Press USA, New York

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ISBN: 978-1-78160-820-3

Contents

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My body is but composed of long bones,

And I had all the time but skin on the bones,

I shine in company, and without any rest,

In the height of the summer, I am at all the parties.

To yawn behind ones fan: Go away, you bore me.

To lift the fan towards the right shoulder: I hate you.

To lower the closed fan towards the floor: I scorn you, I despise you.

To lightly touch the closed fan to ones right eye: When shall I see you?

To signal towards oneself with the fan closed: I always want to be with you.

To threaten with the fan closed: Do not be too bold, audacious.

To raise the fan with the right hand: Are you faithful to me?

To hide the eyes behind ones fan: I love you.

To offer a fan: You please me very much.

To conceal ones left ear with the closed fan: Do not disclose our secret.

To hold the fan over ones heart: I am yours for life.

To slowly close ones fan: I agree completely, I accept all that you say.

V. Pokrovski: Elegance in the Satirical Literature of the Eighteenth Century, p.43 Moscow, 1903.

To completely open ones fan: I am thinking it over.

To place ones hand over the heart while holding the fan open in front of the eyes: I love you.

To indicate the floor near oneself with the fan: Come close to me.

To press the open fan with both hands against ones breast while slowly lifting the eyes: I humbly request forgiveness.

To lightly touch ones mouth repeatedly with the closed fan: Could I speak with you in private?

To completely open ones fan and wave it in the direction of ones interlocutor: I would hope to always be with you.

To look at ones closed fan: I think of you all the time.

To hold lightly with the left hand the closed fan over ones heart: Are you faithful to me?

The number of unopened blades indicates the time of a rendezvous: At the agreed hour.

To turn the inside face of the fan towards ones interlocutor: I shall not be able to come.

To move the end of the fan on the palm of ones hand, as if writing a letter: I will let you know by mail.

To wave away ones interlocutor with the closed fan: I do not like you.

To direct the open fan towards the floor: I despise you.

To open and close the fan repeatedly: You are too bold, audacious.

To angrily close the fan and turn it feverishly in ones hand: I am angry with you.

To press ones chin against the closed fan: I am sulking.

To write with the finger on the outside of the fan: Let me know by mail.

To look at ones open fan while rocking the head from side to side: You do not want to know me at all.

To turn with the right hand the end of the closed fan held in the left hand: You are being deceived.

To hold the two ends of the closed fan between the palms: I require an answer.

To indicate a seat with the fan closed: Sit next to me.

To indicate a seat with the fan open: Thats enough! You are boring me.

To point several times to ones forehead with the fan closed: Are you mad?

To press ones chin on the open fan: Stop your repugnant pleasantries.

To press the closed fan against ones right shoulder: I detest you.

To repeatedly drop the closed fan half open into the left hand: Not another word.

To flutter the open fan towards oneself: Dance with me.

To cover the palm of the left hand with the open fan held in the right hand: Keep it secret.

To give the closed fan to ones interlocutor: You please me very much.

To place the open fan against the right cheek: Yes.

To place the open fan against the left cheek: No.

To place the closed fan against the right ear: Im listening to you.

To hold the closed fan to the right temple: Stop being jealous.

To gracefully open and close ones fan: Your desires shall be fulfilled.

To lay the closed fan in the fold of the left hand: I do not understand you.

To gracefully hold out the open fan to ones interlocutor: Welcome.

To impatiently pass the closed fan from one hand to the other: I am very worried.

While holding the open fan with the right hand to make it turn with the left hand: My parents do not wish it.

To tap with the closed fan between the fingers of the left hand: We must interrupt our conversation.

To press the closed fan to ones heart while holding it with both hands: Spare me this unbearable company.

To hang the closed fan from the right hand: Adieu, good-bye.

V. Pokrovski: Elegance in the Satirical Literature of the Nineteenth Century, pp. 44-46 Moscow, 1903.