Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010149, Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:35:50 -0700

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Re: TT-6 green & death
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> Throughout VNs'oeuvre green,
> emerald, and death are linked with death. This NOT to say "green" is
always
> linked with death but sometimes is. Note the subsequent "reptile-green
> ink"--nasty but not lethal.

> D. Barton Johnson
> NABOKV-L
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From Akiko


Thank you Don, for clarifying the link between green and death. The
"reptile-green ink" has no direct link to death here, but it might have in
Ch. 14.
HP volunteers to carry Armande's skis that are "weird-looking, reptile-green
things made of metal and fiberglass" (51). It is also another code between
the
hooker Giulia and Armande, and green and death, isn't it?

Akiko



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Akiko,
Quite right. I hadn't noticed the skis. Could you be more specific about
the Giulia and green? Thanks, Don


D. Barton Johnson
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