Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009794, Wed, 12 May 2004 08:03:39 -0700

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Fw: up in a heavel Lichberg LO
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From: "George Shimanovich" <gshiman@optonline.net>
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> Carolyn,
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> I think those whom you refer to as 'so many' reject unconvincing proofs
that
> two German corresponents/professors/doctors presented. The maniac
insistence
> with which Lichberg's connections are pushed by so few ('The Leonardo',
> 'Cloud, Castle, Lake' are latest victims) while ignoring all reasoning to
> the oposite remind modern forms of political activism. And for better or
> worse (I think for better) this forum does not lend itself to that.
>
> If you have read Pushkin in Russian you will recognise these lines: "Mne
ne
> smeshno kogda figlyar prezrenny Mne pachkaet Madonnu Rafael'a". You told
> earlier that some view Nabokov as God. Well, to a degree that Gogol or
> Pushkin or Tolstoy or Kafka are Gods, Nabokov is. You get my drift.
>
> George Shimanovich
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> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
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> Subject: Fw: up in a heavel Lichberg LO
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
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> > > Dear Members of the List,
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> > > I don't understand why so many are so upset by the Maar discovery. Has
> he
> > > attacked Nabokov's -- what? purity?
> > >
> > > Maybe Nabokov read the earlier Lolita story, maybe he didn't. It seems
> to
> > me
> > > that more evidence may eventually turn up, now that we are looking for
> it.
> > > Why is this so problematic? Can't we just wait and see?
> > >
> > > Carolyn
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