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Subject: Pale Fire poem and Japanese folk tale
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:59:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Vladimir Mylnikov <vmylnikov@yahoo.com>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>


I was quite amazed while reading this charming Japanese folk tale story how nicely it echoes Pale Fire poem. I doubt, of course, that Nabokov knew it.
 
 
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk/tanabata/tanabata.html
 
Vladimir Mylnikov