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Re: Speaking of Ties and Os
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Dear Dmitri,
It is heartening to learn that your visitor, "as American as
April in Arizona," produced "an impeccable Slavic 'o'," pronouncing
"Nabokov".
On a less uplifting note, I blew it on Nabokov wearer of bow
ties. I glanced at volume one of Boyd's two-volume biography (1990
edition)
and espied Nabokov, between 1916-1922, wearing no fewer than
five (5) bow ties! Judging by the sampling of photos in both volumes of
Boyd,
Nabokov appears to have eschewed bow ties for neckties by the late
twenties. There is even a photograph of Nabokov in 1929 collecting with
his butterfly net, wearing a necktie. Do you have any personal
recollection of seeing your father wearing a bow tie?
Best wishes,
Jerry Katsell
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