Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0000141, Sat, 13 Nov 1993 15:39:21 -0800

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Transparent Things question (cont.) (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 09:06:08 -0500 (EST)
From: JEFF EDMUNDS <JHE@PSULIAS.BITNET>
To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.BITNET
Subject: Transparent Things question (cont.)

My apologies to Messrs Johnson, Ficklen, and Edelnant. Nabokov in fact
writes "some mnemoptical trick" NOT "mnemonic trick" as I said in my
original question. Thus, color opponency is part of the solution to the
puzzle.

My blunder notwithstanding, the other half of the question remains: why is
it the shutters that Hugh Person remembers as apple green? (The text of
chapter 2 of Transparent Things holds the key.)

Jeff Edmunds