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Vladimir Nabokov

Clues, clues, thar be clues scattered all about the place. Nabokov certainly laid about enough clues.....

Silly Sonia.
 
pontalba said:
Clues, clues, thar be clues scattered all about the place. Nabokov certainly laid about enough clues.....

Silly Sonia.
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Pontalba,
Yes, quite a few things seem to be pre-figured, in retrospect, enough that one can put together a reasonable understanding and resolve most, or at least many, questions that one is initially left wondering about. I think we may be able to get a completed puzzle out of this one. Ya think?
Peder
 
I'm finding a few interesting factoids/details about Glory in Boyd's Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian Years, but will save them for the correct thread. :)
One thing I can mention is that Martin is said to have been given at least some of Nabokov's own leanings.
And as a footnote, Boyd quotes Nabokov--
In April 1971, as he was translating Glory, Nabokov told Stephen Parker he was perturbed that the picture he had painted of Cambridge life would no longer seem exotic for the book's new English readers. as it certainly had for the emigre readers he had first had in mind.
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Well, I don't know about "exotic", but it certainly did sound interesting to me!
 
pontalba said:
I'm finding a few interesting factoids/details about Glory in Boyd's Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian Years, but will save them for the correct thread. :)
One thing I can mention is that Martin is said to have been given at least some of Nabokov's own leanings.
And as a footnote, Boyd quotes Nabokov-- Well, I don't know about "exotic", but it certainly did sound interesting to me!
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Ooh, you've interested us all then Pontalba, I'm sure! Just when is this Glory thread going to appear then? ;)
 
steffee said:
Ooh, you've interested us all then Pontalba, I'm sure! Just when is this Glory thread going to appear then? ;)
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Steffee,
Just waiting for a few more RSVP's ah reckon, before we rent the huge hall. :)
Peder
 
Hey, I'm still here. Still reading Glory. Still in love with Nabokov. Hoping to finally sit down and do some serious reading. Having bid sad farewells to my overseas visitors I'm in great need of a little escapism to get my spirits back up. But first a little snoop around tbf and some brekkers:D

Onwards and upwards.....
 
Breaca said:
Hey, I'm still here. Still reading Glory. Still in love with Nabokov. Hoping to finally sit down and do some serious reading. Having bid sad farewells to my overseas visitors I'm in great need of a little escapism to get my spirits back up. But first a little snoop around tbf and some brekkers:D

Onwards and upwards.....
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Well! Heres your hat, whats your Hurry? (up)!
:D

Just finish your tea woman, and read!
 
pontalba said:
Well! Heres your hat, whats your Hurry? (up)!
:D

Just finish your tea woman, and read!
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Bossyboots:p

Another day has dawned and still reading (snailpace). Fresh brew on the go and the toasters about to pop.:D
 
Good Morning Everyone! Its a beautiful day out there, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and it might break another record temperature wise around here today! Low 90'sF At Least! And its only Spring.....aaarrggghhhhh....

Anyway, now that the temperature rant is over.....I'd like to pose a question.
Just when are we going to get this here show on the road and bring it to....wherever shows go.... A new thread in Fiction in these parts. ;)

Breaca!! Come on Woman, what are you lolly gagging about for??
SIL, Steffee..........hello? Nabokovia to Earth.....Nabokovia to Earth.

I know Peder is through, as am I......
Someone else out there? Hellooooo.....hellooooooooo................

Doesn't anyone want to come out and play? /she said sadly/ sniff/
 
pontalba said:
Doesn't anyone want to come out and play? /she said sadly/ sniff/
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Pontalba,
Maybe the Glory thread should just get opened and we can talk to each other. But it sure would be nice if we could at least find a few people to sit in the empty chairs to deaden the echo. :)
Or better yet, maybe we could choose up Jets and Sharks, like SFG suggested in his reply to DireStraits over there, and then discuss DVC and the catclysmic consequences for the world of that book becoming more popular that Lolita, which it is sure soon to do.
So what would everyone like? Nabokov or Dan Brown?/...own...own...own.../
Peder
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Pontalba,
I don't think they can hear us, sitting out there on their blankets and rolling Easter eggs around in the sun. And the ones lying all sprawled out on their tummies don't seem to have books in their hands either as far as I can tell. :(
Hmph.
/Turns another page in Orientalism./
Peder
 
Peder said:
Pontalba,
So what would everyone like? Nabokov or Dan Brown?/...own...own...own.../
Peder
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OMG! Its worse than I thought! Call a bookstore or library to hurry up and get here with a Nabokov injection......:eek: :eek:


:p
:D
 
Peder said:
Pontalba,
Maybe the Glory thread should just get opened and we can talk to each other. But it sure would be nice if we could at least find a few people to sit in the empty chairs to deaden the echo. :)
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Yes, and yes. :cool:
 
Ahh, I hear them coming with that injection. I'll be OK in a minute, that was just a momentary aberation. :) :) :)
OK! No, Dan Brown here!!!!!
Peder
 
Thats 10 lashes with a wet noodle for you me dear......scaring us like that....

Now I'm Really Going.....;)


but I shall return.....:p
 
Signs of change in the weather

Ahh, the mists are parting! It's getting clearer and clearer now, and I think I see a Glory thread approaching. Sort of golden and wiggly, but looking like a thread. That's right! Now I see it clearly -- a thread, a definite thread! Not a piece of butter-covered spaghetti, or even thin cappellini, but a genuine rich golden-yellow food-for-the-mind kind of thread! Should arrive pretty soon and it will be a sight to behold in the sunlight, what with all those little edelweiss blossoms that I see coming along with it. And, yes, there's Martin! I can see him, with a girl on each arm, strolling along behind .......
 
Panic filled the air as she stumbled and fumbled for a little Glory to break through the fog of despair and terror. Finally, clasping her hands over her glorious treasure she wiped the sleep from her eyes and began to quietly read. Sunshine broke through and a warmth spread throughout her body, from her head to her toes. Her eyes shone brightly as she joined Martin's quest for the simple and pure pleasures of life.

Ahem, and yes panic filled air indeed - me no like injections - ooh I get goosebumps just thinking about them.

Now Sshh I'm reading.
 
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