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EDITOR's NOTE. Zoran Kuzmanovich is the Editor of NABOKOV STUDIES, the
annual journal of the International VN Society. Although the Maliszewski
article he describes, has been mentioned on NABOKV-L before, it is worth
re-noting. _McSweeney's Quarterly_ is an extravagantly lush magazine tending
toward the off-beat. The issue with the Nabokov story is already quite rare,
so if you find a copy snatch it up (circa $22).
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McSweeney's Quarterly, issue #4, Late Winter 2000, includes a special
foldout "Paperback Nabokov" by Paul Maliszewski. The subtitle to the
essay
is "OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV AND HIS MANY PAPERBACK BOOKS; ABOUT HIS SEARCH FOR
FINE COVER ART AND THE MYRIAD OBSTACLES STREWN IN HIS PATH; SETTING OUT TO
UNDERSTAND BOTH WHAT HE WANTED, EXACTLY, AND WHAT HE MOSTLY GOT; INCLUDING
DETAILS ABOUT DESIGNS HE JUDGED LESS THAN SATISFACTORY; FEATURING THE WORDS
AND WORK OF ARTISTS IN POSITION TO KNOW; CONTAINING REFERENCE TO BOTH
EDMUND
WILSON AND MICKEY SPILLANE; DEFINING TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS 'POSHLOST' AND
'CLINCH SCENE'; USING THE WORD 'HOMUNCULUS' BUT ONCE; AN ESSAY, FASCINATED
BY MAIL, ESPECIALLY FROM MONTREAUX, AND ALL TRUE BESIDES, WITH PHOTOS IN
COLOR."
The essay is worthwhile, but the real riches (for those of us who do not
have Juliar's library but work with Nabokov and the visual) lie in the 40
miniature images used to grace (or desecrate) the covers of VN's books that
made it as paperbacks. A special bonus is Barbara Bloom's clever cover for
the foldout. As if she were complying with Gene B.'s long term desire for
a
VN postage stamp, Ms. Bloom has designed a cover sheet consisting of 15
stamps, each featuring cover art used for various paperback editions of
Lolita. The editors included the information that the foldout was
"published under a warm downy wing of McSweeney's Quarterly."
annual journal of the International VN Society. Although the Maliszewski
article he describes, has been mentioned on NABOKV-L before, it is worth
re-noting. _McSweeney's Quarterly_ is an extravagantly lush magazine tending
toward the off-beat. The issue with the Nabokov story is already quite rare,
so if you find a copy snatch it up (circa $22).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kuzmanovich, Zoran" <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (24
lines) ------------------
>
McSweeney's Quarterly, issue #4, Late Winter 2000, includes a special
foldout "Paperback Nabokov" by Paul Maliszewski. The subtitle to the
essay
is "OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV AND HIS MANY PAPERBACK BOOKS; ABOUT HIS SEARCH FOR
FINE COVER ART AND THE MYRIAD OBSTACLES STREWN IN HIS PATH; SETTING OUT TO
UNDERSTAND BOTH WHAT HE WANTED, EXACTLY, AND WHAT HE MOSTLY GOT; INCLUDING
DETAILS ABOUT DESIGNS HE JUDGED LESS THAN SATISFACTORY; FEATURING THE WORDS
AND WORK OF ARTISTS IN POSITION TO KNOW; CONTAINING REFERENCE TO BOTH
EDMUND
WILSON AND MICKEY SPILLANE; DEFINING TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS 'POSHLOST' AND
'CLINCH SCENE'; USING THE WORD 'HOMUNCULUS' BUT ONCE; AN ESSAY, FASCINATED
BY MAIL, ESPECIALLY FROM MONTREAUX, AND ALL TRUE BESIDES, WITH PHOTOS IN
COLOR."
The essay is worthwhile, but the real riches (for those of us who do not
have Juliar's library but work with Nabokov and the visual) lie in the 40
miniature images used to grace (or desecrate) the covers of VN's books that
made it as paperbacks. A special bonus is Barbara Bloom's clever cover for
the foldout. As if she were complying with Gene B.'s long term desire for
a
VN postage stamp, Ms. Bloom has designed a cover sheet consisting of 15
stamps, each featuring cover art used for various paperback editions of
Lolita. The editors included the information that the foldout was
"published under a warm downy wing of McSweeney's Quarterly."