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Vladimir Nabokov: Look at the Harlequins!

Peder said:
It sounds like, if one reads Speak Memory end to end with Harlequins, one's head might spin several times 'round completely, and one might never know what was truth or fiction in VN's writings. :confused: :eek: :cool:
Food for thought,
Peder
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That sounds like a Plan to me. :cool:

Spinning is Fun. :D
 
pontalba said:
That sounds like a Plan to me. :cool:

Spinning is Fun. :D
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Pontalba,
I could definitely give it a whirl! :)
Even if I'm still hoping we get a few more people in on Harlequins so we can have full discussion of it first.
But, hey, any Plan that works,
Peder
 
Peder said:
Pontalba,
I could definitely give it a whirl! :)
Even if I'm still hoping we get a few more people in on Harlequins so we can have full discussion of it first.
But, hey, any Plan that works,
Peder
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Oh I absolutely agree. I meant after Harlequins! by all means!
SIL has ordered it and should have it in hand any time, and I wondered if Steffee....hey Steff, ya out there...:D
I mean, I have to do a reread of Harlequins! myself. When I went back to skim on some things, I realized I must have been in a trance or something when I was reading. :eek: I missed stuff!
It looks like this one is another of Nabokov's twisty books. All the references to his other works is so entertaining to keep up with. Some are inversions, some are straight on.....vintage VN! ;)
 
pontalba said:
.... Some are inversions, some are straight on.....vintage VN! ;)
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That's exactly where I got stuck: at the intersection of Inverse Avenue and Straight-On Street. :D
But, oh, the girls and wives that do go by! :rolleyes:
 
We're keepin the light on for ya SIL.
And the front door's unlocked also.
Don't need your key. :)
Peder
 
Just checking in. I'm slowly making my way through Vera at the moment. Someone nudge me when the MIA's get here.:D
 
Gem said:
Just checking in. I'm slowly making my way through Vera at the moment. Someone nudge me when the MIA's get here.:D
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Gem,
Hope you are enjoying Vera.
I'm jus settin out here on the porch, with the lights out to keep the mosquitoes down, keepin a sharp eye on the road. When I spot one of ours, you'll hear the car horn toot. Then, come a-runnin! :)

Peder
 
Definitely, SIL!
That's one parcel shipment we don't want going astray. :)
Enjoy the rest,
Good to hear from you,
Peder
 
pontalba said:
Hey there SIL.
Hope it comes tomorrow. Just collar that UPS guy and make 'em give it to ya! ;)
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He's probably just sittin' there in his truck drinking coffee and reading. Maybe he'll be through by Wednesday. :rolleyes:
 
Giggle...slurp...slurp.....yum! :D
Hand over one of those cookies to go with this wunnerful coffee.....;)
 
Nabokov describes the author as recalling ("I transcribe from a diary") that the "two or three small diamonds that I kept in a chamois pouch melted away faster than hailstones."

If you were "a self-exiled youth on the gray eve of poverty" wouldn't you know which it had been? If it had indeed been two or three diamonds? And we know by now that VN examined every single sentence from every possible angle before handing it over to Vera to be typed up.

This is just so -- so -- Nabokovian of him!
 
StillILearn said:
This is just so -- so -- Nabokovian of him!
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Ah, SIL!
That is just so -- so -- Perfect of you!
ROTFALOL, out loud literally!
Glad to see you here, :) :)
Peder
 
Thank you , Peder, a kind word or two will go a long way with this gal right about now.

So ... if it's okay with youse guys, I'll just comment as I go along. Really, though -- the man just packs SO much information into every paragraph, doesn't he? I really can see him writing his books longhand on zillions of three by five cards.
 
StillILearn said:
If you were "a self-exiled youth on the gray eve of poverty" wouldn't you know which it had been? If it had indeed been two or three diamonds? And we know by now that VN examined every single sentence from every possible angle before handing it over to Vera to be typed up.

This is just so -- so -- Nabokovian of him!
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Hey there SIL, whereya-at? :D
Actually at the time I took it to mean that whether he had two or three made no difference, because the money ran out so quickly.
"melted away faster than hailstones"......so was therefore inconsequential.
 
pontalba said:
Actually at the time I took it to mean that whether he had two or three made no difference, because the money ran out so quickly.
"melted away faster than hailstones"......so was therefore inconsequential.
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Ah. Okay then, we'll let him get away with that one. Maybe they were very, very small diamonds? I love it that they were in a chamois pouch. That entire sentence had texture, didn't it?
 
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