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From: "Alain Andreu" <AAndreu@ilm.pf>
>
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> Nabokov was glad to be compared with Borges, who appears in the
> anagram "Osberg" in Ada. See also Strong Opinions to read what VN thought
> about Borges. Borges critized VN's opinion on Dostoievsky in one of his
> many dialogues 's books.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:58:28 -0800
> Subject: Fw: Re: Nabokov and Bowles and Borges
>
> > EDNOTE. Thanks to Abdellah Bouazza, one of NABOKV-L's earliest
> > subscribers.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "A. Bouazza" <mushtary@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > >
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> > > Dear Brian & List,
> > >
> > > As a matter of fact, VN did comment on Paul Bowles. In 1950 James
> > Laughlin
> > > sent VN a copy of "The Sheltering Sky". VN's critique (letter dated
> > 27
> > April
> > > 1950) is on page 100 of "Selected Letters 1940-1977":
> > >
> > > "I thought THE SHELTERING SKY an utterly ridiculous performance,
> > devoid of
> > > talent. You ought to have had the manuscript checked by a cultured
> > Arab."
> > >
> > > In his restless autobiography "Without Stopping", Bowles recounts his
> > > difficulties in getting that novel published, in addition to its
> > reception
> > > by the contemporary critics, which was not unlike VN's.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > A. Bouazza.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:06 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Nabokov and Bowles and Borges
> > >
> > >
> > > > EDNOTE. So far as I know no one has paired Bowles & VN not did VN
> > comment
> > > on
> > > > Bowles. VN did comment on Borges--first enthusiastically and later
> > more
> > > > coolly. Check the Index for STRONG OPINIONS on ZEMBLA. Or maybe
> > WaXWING.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
> > > > >
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> > > > > I would be interested to know if Nabokov ever voiced
> > > > > an opinion about the American writer Paul Bowles.
> > > > > Similarly, though there is a brief mention of
> > > > > comparisons that were made between N and Borges in
> > > > > Boyd's The American Years, it would be interesting to
> > > > > know what he thought of the Argentine, as the more I
> > > > > read of N the more I think of Borges.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian
> > > > >
> > > > > =====
> > > > > http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
> > > > > http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
> > > > >
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>
>
From: "Alain Andreu" <AAndreu@ilm.pf>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (85
lines) ------------------
> Nabokov was glad to be compared with Borges, who appears in the
> anagram "Osberg" in Ada. See also Strong Opinions to read what VN thought
> about Borges. Borges critized VN's opinion on Dostoievsky in one of his
> many dialogues 's books.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:58:28 -0800
> Subject: Fw: Re: Nabokov and Bowles and Borges
>
> > EDNOTE. Thanks to Abdellah Bouazza, one of NABOKV-L's earliest
> > subscribers.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "A. Bouazza" <mushtary@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (53
> > lines) ------------------
> > > Dear Brian & List,
> > >
> > > As a matter of fact, VN did comment on Paul Bowles. In 1950 James
> > Laughlin
> > > sent VN a copy of "The Sheltering Sky". VN's critique (letter dated
> > 27
> > April
> > > 1950) is on page 100 of "Selected Letters 1940-1977":
> > >
> > > "I thought THE SHELTERING SKY an utterly ridiculous performance,
> > devoid of
> > > talent. You ought to have had the manuscript checked by a cultured
> > Arab."
> > >
> > > In his restless autobiography "Without Stopping", Bowles recounts his
> > > difficulties in getting that novel published, in addition to its
> > reception
> > > by the contemporary critics, which was not unlike VN's.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > A. Bouazza.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:06 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Nabokov and Bowles and Borges
> > >
> > >
> > > > EDNOTE. So far as I know no one has paired Bowles & VN not did VN
> > comment
> > > on
> > > > Bowles. VN did comment on Borges--first enthusiastically and later
> > more
> > > > coolly. Check the Index for STRONG OPINIONS on ZEMBLA. Or maybe
> > WaXWING.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (18
> > > > lines) ------------------
> > > > > I would be interested to know if Nabokov ever voiced
> > > > > an opinion about the American writer Paul Bowles.
> > > > > Similarly, though there is a brief mention of
> > > > > comparisons that were made between N and Borges in
> > > > > Boyd's The American Years, it would be interesting to
> > > > > know what he thought of the Argentine, as the more I
> > > > > read of N the more I think of Borges.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian
> > > > >
> > > > > =====
> > > > > http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
> > > > > http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
> > > > >
> > > > > __________________________________
> > > > > Do you Yahoo!?
> > > > > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing.
> > > > > http://photos.yahoo.com/
> > >
>
>