Posted by Ghostwriter on May 05, 1999 at 14:00:39: In Reply to: Not very important, but... posted by Nebo on May 05, 1999 at 13:32:01:
Mr. Shiff probably took Neri's name from the Definition above since it
fits Neri's character so well. She is a princess of the Oceans and the Nereids
were daughters of Poseiden, ruler of the sea.
Take Care.
Ghostwriter
: Hi to all!!!!!!
: I spend my last week-end in Firenze (Florence), and there I found a book which interested me.
: Its title was "Le veglie di Neri" (Neri's vigils); I opened and started to read it: but it wasn't about our Neri.
: The "Neri" of that book was the author: Renato Fucini, a.k.a. Neri Tanfucio; he was an Italian writer, born in 1843 and died in 1921, who wrote some stories in Florence dialect.
: Maybe Mr. Shiff based his character's name upon that writer's nickname (mmm, very improbable, but...)?
: Hoping someone will be interested in, I say "ciao ciao".
: Nebo