Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008286, Wed, 30 Jul 2003 08:57:38 -0700

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Fw: Least Favorite Nabokov's
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From: "Mary Krimmel" <mary@krimmel.net>
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> I am delighted to learn that Russians like Glory.
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> It was on my list of favorites - after Lolita, Pale Fire, Pnin, to be
sure.
> I wouldn't presume to name a best or a worst (I haven't even read all),
but
> favorites or least favorites I can mention.
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> Glory is on my favorites list because I like Martin. I would guess that
the
> reason Russians like it is that Martin's and their own
idea/picture/feeling
> of Russia overlap.
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> The Defense and Mary are somewhere on my list (farther down, to be sure)
> because on my first (not my only) reading of each I was guided by Jeff
Edmonds.
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> My least favorite is Ada (and I've not been willing to read it cover to
> cover). The reason? It is just Too Much.
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> Mary Krimmel
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> >From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> > > Okay, so one liners don't cut it here, I see. I guess it is no longer
> > > acceptable to simply say that one did not like something because it
was
> > > boring. Glory bored me (compared to VN's other works) so I didn't like
it
> >as
> > > much.
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