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I did send to Nabokv-L the link to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio interview with me:

In case it’s of interest: Brian Boyd talks to Michael Cathcart on Radio National Australia’s Books and Letters Daily show, 11 December 2014, about Letters to Véra:


http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/12/bay_20141211_1030.mp3

For the North American market (and international Amazonia) the book will appear, improved in many points of fine detail and in overall design, from Knopf on 4 November 2015. This is the version for Nabokovians to buy, even if you already have the UK edition. That month there will be a session with the co-editors and co-translators, Olga Voronina and myself, at the US's premier literary venue, New York's 92nd St Y (where Nabokov appeared in 1964, and where there have been other Nabokov-related events, most recently on the occasion of the publication of The Original of Laura).

It's true that Knopf lets Penguin take the lead in publishing new Nabokoviana, although a lead of a whole year is unusual--but then it's a very big book.

The book will be published in Russian, the language in which all the letters (bar a couple of very brief notes) were written, probably in 2016. Russian annotating conventions are rather more elaborate than those of the Anglophone world. The book will also be translated into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Romanian and Spanish.

Could I remind Nablers to include their name in messages?

Brian Boyd

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Happy to see Letters to Vera mentioned - isn't that Topic A in Nabokov studies at the moment?

There does seem to be a privileged "Collected Works" Penguin contract that is more aggressive than the U.S. contract with Knopf. I believe at least one of the many updates to Collected Stories also came out significantly earlier in the UK, also Tragedy of Mr. Morn and the new Collected Poems.

But I'm also curious about a Russian language edition of Vera letters, since presumably the couple would have corresponded primarily in Russian. Does anyone know anything on this front?

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* critical time travel by eversion? Reading A.Swanson's 1975 artinle forty years later
* Fwd: pale looking-glass of past & mushrooms in The Enchanter; Grib & volshebnik in The Waltz Invention
* EDITORIAL: Invitation to a Birthday
* QUERY: Letters to Vera

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2. Fwd: pale looking-glass of past & mushrooms in The Enchanter; Grib & volshebnik in The Waltz Invention
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"I loathe science fiction with its gals and goons, suspense and suspensories" (ADA,117), quoted by Arthur Swanson in “Nabokov's Ada as Science Fiction”

There are ways of asking questions that open new investigative paths into the work of an author, others lead us onto real or artificial quandaries.

Here is an example of inquiries that lead us into fresh assertions, new parallels and vocabulary but also to real and false quandaries. It begins asking “Can Ada be viewed as science fiction?” and it investigates if “science…unblended with poetry transforms humans into insects” and turns “’real things’ (facts,logoi) into ‘ghost things’,” now imposing the author’s own understanding of “real things” by adding “facts, logoi” inside parenthesis. A.Swanson sees V.Nabokov’s novel as carrying a meaning that may disappear after being discovered. By ignoring the dimension of its “art” he will consider Ada’s survival “in its own concepts”.

"The question here has been "Can Ada be viewed as science fiction?" If the foregoing argument in the affirmative is accepted, other questions must follow: Why does Nabokov make use of science fiction elements? Does he consider science to be, when unblended with poetry, a form of incest which transforms humans into insects, as his insect-scient-nicest -incest anagram indicates? (85/§1:13) Does he consider that science ruins the towers and breaks the bridges it has built precisely because it has found the means to build them, that science turns "real things" (facts, logoi) into "ghost things" (abstractions, fictions, mists, mythoi) precisely because it has achieved the means of discovering "real things?" These questions and others like them must lead to other essays, and those essays in turn to further studies, until the meaning of Ada disappears because it has been discovered, and until the novel, like its inbred agonists, is survived by its own concepts."*
Science Fiction Studies # 5 = Volume 2, Part 1 = March 1975. http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/swanson5art.htm

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* excerpts: “…one has to risk Nabokov's contempt and his charge of stupidity in drawing up a critique to buttress one's opinions that Nabokov subscribes to Van Veen's concepts of time and that Ada may be viewed as science fiction. […] we could label almost all of Nabokov's narrative art as SF; but to do so would be specious and would obscure the point that Nabokov loathes, not SF, with which he clearly has an affinity, but routine SF […] [Ada] does not resemble SF, but it may be studied as being of that genre or kind, especially if the study centers on that SF element which, for the sake of convenience, we may term "eversion." The term would denote a double reversal or a turning-inside-out; and Ada's eversions of time, earth, and sexual gender can be called, respectively, "transtemporality," "transterrestriality," and "transsexuality. […] Broadly speaking, serious science fiction offers analogies to the first man and the last man from the paleontology and teleology of humankind; and it may compound this challenge to academic thinking, as Ada does, by everting the analogies or by subjecting them to other forms of ‘version’ […] In Nabokov's Ada human concepts, notably those of the first and last man and woman, are everted. The sense of this may be that man (the species) creates himself in his own concepts, that he gains an understanding of his own concepts by turning them inside out, that he uncreates himself by this turning-inside-out, and that he is ultimately survived by his own concepts, which, in themselves, are not destroyed by eversion […] The childless Ada and Van are survived by their concepts of their love on earth and in time. Nabokov's conspectus is that each human being is psychologically both male and female and is both physically human and spiritually divine: each human being is a Tiresian solipsism…”

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In VN's story Volshebnik ("The Enchanter," 1939) the girl's mother turns to the pale lookoing-glass of the past in order to find out what in her could now have attracted male attention:

По тому же, с каким религиозным понижением голоса она ему показывала старые твёрдые фотографии, где в разных, более или менее выгодных, позах была снята девушка в ботинках, с круглым полным лицом, полненьким бюстом и зачёсанными со лба волосами (а также свадебные, где неизменно присутствовал жених, весело удивлённый, со странно знакомым разрезом глаз), он догадывался, что она тайком обращалась к бледному зеркальцу прошлого, чтобы выяснить, чем же она могла теперь заслужить мужское внимание – и, должно быть, решила, что зоркому зрению, оценщику граней и игры, всё видны следы её былой миловидности (ею, впрочем, преувеличенные) и станут ещё видней после этих обратных смотрин.

In Pushkin's Skazka o myortvoy tsarevne i semi bogatyryakh ("The Fairy Tale about the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights," 1833) the Queen asks the magic looking-glass:

«Свет мой, зеркальце! скажи
Да всю правду доложи:
Я ль на свете всех милее,
Всех румяней и белее?»
"Tell me, pretty looking-glass,
Nothing but the truth, I ask:
Who in all the world is fairest
And has beauty of the rarest?"

The characters of VN's play Izobretenie Val'sa ("The Waltz Invention," 1938) include general Grob. Grob means "coffin." In Pushkin's "Fairy Tale about the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights" the Princess sleeps in the crystal coffin:

Там за речкой тихоструйной
Есть высокая гора,
В ней глубокая нора;
В той норе, во тьме печальной,
Гроб качается хрустальный
На цепях между столбов.
Where a quiet stream is flowing
Stands a mountain high and steep
In it lies a cavern deep;
In this cave in shadows dismal
Sways a coffin, made of crystal.
Hung by chains from pillars six.

(Btw., note six pillars; VN's hexaptych consists of two plays and four stories; 2 + 4 = 6)
VN's story Vasiliy Shishkov (1939) ends as follows:

Неужели же он в каком-то невыносимом для рассудка, дико буквальном смысле имел в виду исчезнуть в своём творчестве, раствориться в своих стихах, оставить от себя, от своей туманной личности только стихи? Не переоценил ли он "прозрачность и прочность такой необычной гробницы"?
Cannot it actually be that in a wildly literal sense, unacceptable to one's reason, he meant disappearing in his art, dissolving in his verse, thus leaving of himself, of his nebulous person, nothing but verse? One wonders if he did not overestimate

The transparence and soundness
Of such an unusual coffin.

In Pushkin's "Fairy Tale about the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights" Korolevich Elisey (Prince Elysius) asks the Sun, the Moon and the Wind about the Princess' whereabouts. The sun and the wind are mentioned in the song that in VN's story Oblako, ozero, bashnya ("Cloud, Castle, Lake," 1937) Vasiliy Ivanovich is made to sing:

Распростись с пустой тревогой,
Палку толстую возьми
И шагай большой дорогой
Вместе с добрыми людьми.

По холмам страны родимой
Вместе с добрыми людьми,
Без тревоги нелюдимой,
Без сомнений, чёрт возьми.

Километр за километром
Ми-ре-до и до-ре-ми,
Вместе с солнцем, вместе с ветром,
Вместе с добрыми людьми.
Vasiliy Ivanovich meets his fellow travellers by Window Number 6, at seven a. m.:

У кассы номер шесть, в семь утра, как было указано в примечании к билету, он и увидел их (его уже ждали: минуты на три он всё-таки опоздал). Сразу выделился долговязый блондин в тирольском костюме, загорелый до цвета петушиного гребня, с огромными, золотисто-оранжевыми, волосатыми коленями и лакированным носом.
A lanky blond young man in Tyrolese garb stood out at once. He was burned the color of a cockscomb, had huge brick-red knees with golden hairs, and his nose looked lacquered.

"The color of a cockscomb" brings to mind Pushkin's Skazka o zolotom petushke ("The Fairy Tale about the Golden Cockerel," 1834). In Pushkin's fairy tale the golden cockerel from the spire cries to Tsar Dadon:

"Kiri-ku-ku,
Tsarstvuy, lyozha na boku!"
"Cock-a-doodle-doo,
Reign, lying on your side!"

In "The Waltz Invention" Waltz tells the generals that they can i sidya i lyozha (in both sitting and lying positions) listen to his "king's speech:"

Вальс. Вниманье, господа! Я объявляю начало новой жизни. Здравствуй, жизнь!
Герб. Встать?
Гроб. Нужно встать?
Вальс. Вы можете и сидя и лёжа слушать.
Общий смех.
Ах, как вы смешливы. (Act Two)

When Vasiliy Ivanovich refuses to return to Berlin, his companions seize him by the arms and he is "swept along a forest road as in a hideous fairy tale:"

Увлекаемый, как в дикой сказке по лесной дороге, зажатый, скрученный, Василий Иванович не мог даже обернуться и только чувствовал, как сияние за спиной удаляется, дробимое деревьями, и вот уже нет его, и кругом чернеет бездейственно ропщущая чаша.

Trying to oppose violence, Vasliy Ivanovich uses the phrase priglashenie na kazn':

-- Я буду жаловаться, -- завопил Василий Иванович. -- Отдайте мне мой мешок. Я вправе остаться где желаю. Да ведь это какое-то приглашение на казнь, -- будто добавил он, когда его подхватили под руки.

In VN's novel Priglashenie na kazn' ("Invitation to a Beheasing." 1935) everybody, except Cincinnatus, is transparent.

The characters of "The Waltz Invention" include the invisible President:

Дверь распахивается.
Голос. Господин Президент Республики!
Генералы встают, как бы идут навстречу и возвращаются, словно сопровождая кого-то, но сопровождаемый -- невидим. Невидимого Президента подводят к пустому креслу, и по движениям Герба и министра видно, что невидимого усаживают.
Министр (к пустому креслу). Господин Президент, позволяю себе сказать, что вы пожаловали к нам весьма своевременно! За сегодняшний день, -- полковник, придвиньте к Президенту пепельницу, -- за сегодняшний день случилось нечто столь важное, что ваше присутствие необходимо. Господин Президент, по некоторым признакам приходится заключить, что мы находимся накануне государственного переворота, -- или, вернее, этот переворот происходит вот сейчас, в этой зале. Невероятно, но так. Я по крайней мере, и вот -- комиссия, и... и, словом, все тут считаем, что нужно покориться, нужно принять неизбежное... И вот мы сейчас слушаем речь, -- я затрудняюсь охарактеризовать её, но она... но она, господин Президент, она -- почти тронная!..
Сон. Ну, Вальс, валяйте дальше. Я любуюсь вами, вы гениальны.
Министр. Вот вы послушайте, господин Президент, вы только послушайте... (Act Two)

As he speaks to the President, the Minister twice repeats the word poslushayte (listen). Poslushayte (1914) is a poem by Mayakovski. VN's "late namesake" is the author of Oblako v shtanakh ("Trousered Cloud," 1915) and Khorosho ("Good," 1927). In VN's story Istreblenie tiranov ("Tyrants Destroyed," 1938) khorosho-s ("now then") is the opening word in the verses of our foremost poet declaimed on the radio by an actor's juicy voice, replete with baritone modulations:

Хорошо-с,-- а помните, граждане,
Как хирел наш край без отца?
Так без хмеля сильнейшая жажда
Не создаст ни пивца, ни певца.

Вообразите, ни реп нет,
Ни баклажанов, ни брюкв...
Так и песня, что днесь у нас крепнет,
Задыхалась в луковках букв.

Шли мы тропиной исторенной,
Горькие ели грибы,
Пока ворота истории
Не дрогнули от колотьбы!

Пока, белизною кительной
Сияя верным сынам,
С улыбкой своей удивительной
Правитель не вышел к нам.

Gor'kie griby (bitter toadstools) in that poem hint at Maxim Gorky (the penname of A. M. Peshkov, 1868-1936), the author of Mat' ("Mother," 1906), and at Griboedov, the author of Gore ot uma ("Woe from Wit," 1824). In Griboedov's comedy Famusov exclaims: Chto za komissiya, sozdatel', byt' vzrosloy docheri ottsom! ("What a mishap, o Lord, to be an adult daughter's father!") According to Famusov (who calculates the pregnancy of a lady friend), on Thursday he is invited to the funaral (v chetverg ya zvan na pogreben'ye). In "The Enchanter," at the funeral of the girl's mother, the protagonist is told that in a couple of years he will have a lot of troubles with his step-daughter:

На похоронах народу было совсем мало (но почему-то явился один из его прежних полуприятелей -- золотых дел мастер с женой), и потом, в обратном автомобиле, полная дама (бывшая также на его шутовской свадьбе) говорила ему, участливо, но и внушительно (он сидел, головы не поднимая -- голова от езды колебалась), что теперь-то по крайней мере ненормальное положение ребёнка должно измениться (приятельница бывшей особы притворилась, что смотрит на улицу) и что в отеческой заботе он непременно найдёт должное утешение, а другая (бесконечно отдалённая родственница покойной) вмешалась и сказала: "Девчоночка-то прехорошенькая! Придётся вам смотреть в оба -- и так уже не по летам крупненькая, а годика через три так и будут липнуть молодые люди -- забот не оберётесь", -- и он про себя хохотал, хохотал на пуховиках счастья.

In "The Enchanter" griby (mushrooms) are mentioned:

Глядя на лесок, волнистыми прыжками всё приближавшийся с холма на холмок, пока не съехал по скату и не споткнулся о дорогу, где был пересчитан и убран, -- он подумал: "Не сделать ли тут привал? Небольшая прогулка, посидим на мху среди грибов и бабочек..." Но остановить шофёра он не решился: что-то невыносимое было в образе подозрительного автомобиля, бездельничающего на шоссе.

In "The Waltz Invention" Grib is one of the eleven generals. According to Grib (the architect whom Waltz asks to build for him nechto skazochnoe, something miraculous) he is not volshebnik (a magician):

Гриб. Видите ли, ваше... ваше сиятельство, я, собственно, архитектор.
Вальс. А... так бы сразу и сказали. Глупое недоразумение. Мне от него захотелось есть. Отлично. Вам уже сообщили, что мне нужно?
Гриб. Вам нужен дворец.
Вальс. Да, дворец. Отлично. Я люблю громадные, белые, солнечные здания. Вы для меня должны построить нечто сказочное, со сказочными удобствами. Колонны, фонтаны, окна в полнеба, хрустальные потолки... И вот ещё, -- давняя моя мечта... чтоб было такое приспособление, -- не знаю, электрическое, что ли, -- я в технике слаб, -- словом, проснёшься, нажмёшь кнопку, и кровать тихо едет и везёт тебя прямо к ванне... И еще я хочу, чтоб во всех стенах были краны с разными ледяными напитками... Всё это я давно-давно заказал судьбе, -- знаете, когда жил в душных, шумных, грязных углах... лучше не вспоминать.
Гриб. Я представлю вам планы... Думаю, что угожу.
Вальс. Но главное, это должно быть выстроено скоро, я вам даю десять дней. Довольно?
Гриб. Увы, одна доставка материалов потребует больше месяца.
Вальс. Ну, это -- извините. Я снаряжу целый флот. В три дня будет доставлено...
Гриб. Я не волшебник. Работа займёт полгода, минимум. (Act Three)

Alexey Sklyarenko



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From: nabokv-l@HOLYCROSS.EDU
Subject: EDITORIAL: Invitation to a Birthday

Dear List,

Once again, we will celebrate the anniversary of VN's birth--116 years ago this year--with greetings, toasts, jokes, parodies, homages, and Nabokoviana.

This year, in particular, I invite you to submit a Nabokovian sentence of your own design, on a topic of your choice, in 35 words or less.

Please send your offerings to N-L with "BIRTHDAY" in the subject heading, and I'll save them up and send them out next weekend, beginning with the evening of April 23. Many happy returns!

:) SES

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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:32:28 -0400
From: nabokv-l@HOLYCROSS.EDU
Subject: QUERY: Letters to Vera

allocapnia@GMAIL.COM<mailto:allocapnia@GMAIL.COM> writes:

On my cellphone this morning got a broadcast of Brian Boyd discussing his
book on the V & V Letters, but not a word that I can find on this my
computer list. Discussion was ver,y very interesting. Am I --- or we ---
missing something? What goes?

Cheers


[EDNOTE. Here in the US, at least, we are indeed missing something--access to this volume! It was published in the UK last fall but will not be available in the US until November 2015, as I understand it. I don't know the reason for the time lag. -- SES.]

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