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From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: early Nabokov stories/Wingstroke
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> Re: Dane Gill's post:
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> Thanks for your perspective, Dane.
>
> We may have something in common, as I am very
> tentative about making absolute statements about N. I
> am also crushingly slow at reading. Apart from Boyd's
> American Years, the only N books I have read are The
> Gift, Pale Fire and Lolita. I think I have made life
> hard but richer) for myself by starting with the more
> demanding ones, possibly.
>
> As for the stories, I am enjoying reading them more or
> less chronologically, having read some of his more
> famous ones such as the Dozen years before. I hadn't
> generally liked the latter's style and content as much
> as that of the novels, but reading these stories now
> from the beginning with the brief notes is another
> experience. I need to get my hand on Boyd's Russian to
> see what what he thinks.
>
> Brian
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From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: early Nabokov stories/Wingstroke
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>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (31
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> Re: Dane Gill's post:
>
> Thanks for your perspective, Dane.
>
> We may have something in common, as I am very
> tentative about making absolute statements about N. I
> am also crushingly slow at reading. Apart from Boyd's
> American Years, the only N books I have read are The
> Gift, Pale Fire and Lolita. I think I have made life
> hard but richer) for myself by starting with the more
> demanding ones, possibly.
>
> As for the stories, I am enjoying reading them more or
> less chronologically, having read some of his more
> famous ones such as the Dozen years before. I hadn't
> generally liked the latter's style and content as much
> as that of the novels, but reading these stories now
> from the beginning with the brief notes is another
> experience. I need to get my hand on Boyd's Russian to
> see what what he thinks.
>
> Brian
>
> =====
> http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
> http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
>
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