Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0019879, Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:23:15 EDT

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Re: THOUGHTS: VN's Self-Reference in Pale Fire
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"V. Botkin" yields n b o k v (with i & t left over). I'm sure someone has
pointed this out before. Sounds like a conscious red herring to me.

The description of the man in the library jibes with every other
description of Pnin (whose presence is earlier noted in the novel). Photographs of VN
from the late 50s/early 60s show him with thinning, receding hair but not
as bald. Plus, would VN have ever appeared in public (or even in a cameo)
wearing a Hawaiian shirt? I doubt it.



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