Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001721, Mon, 17 Feb 1997 16:36:13 -0800

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SM query: the Inst. M.M. of Tirana (fwd)
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From: Sergey Il'yn <isb@glas.apc.org>

On p. 268 of the Putnam's edition of _Speak, Memory!_ (Chptr 13, section
4), VN comments that Cambridge had little impact on him: "Scholastically,
I might have well gone up to the Inst. M. M. of Tirana." The comparison
makes a nice metaphor but perhaps the "Institute M. M. of Tirana"
(Albania?) is real? And in any case, what might the two "M"s stand for?