Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001952, Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:54:16 -0800

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Bellow on VN... (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. The first two lines of this earlier posting were somehow
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From: Robert Devereaux <bobdev@swttools.fc.hp.com>

The May 1997 PLAYBOY, just out, has Contributing Editor Lawrence
Grobel interviewing Saul Bellow. On page 66 is this exchange:

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>
> GROBEL: What about the novels of Nabokov, Jack Kerouac, William
> Gaddis, Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
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> BELLOW: Nabokov was a very accomplished writer, but he was also a
> cold narcissist who invited the reader to join him . . . .
>
> Cold and inviting too. Hmmmm.
> --
> Robert Devereaux
> Author of DEADWEIGHT and WALKING WOUNDED (Dell)
> http://www.cat.pdx.edu/~caseyh/horror/excerpts/walking.html
>