Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009906, Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:43:58 -0700

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Fw: msnbc.com replies to Dmitri Nabokov's letter
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From: "Brian Howell" <fanshaw@123mail.org>
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> I couldn't agree more with DN's response to msnbc.com's dismissal of
> Lyne's 'Lolita'. One of the problems must be that Lyne's name doesn't
> carry the usual literary or art-house pedigree that is usually
> associated with this kind of adaptation? In any case, it is certainly
> faithful, and all the perfomances, settings, and especially the music
> are top-notch.
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> Brian Howell
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> Author of The Dance of Geometry and The Sound of White Ants.
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