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From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
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> Granted, this comes from someone whose girlfriend said to him
> (affectionately, I think) just this weekend, "I think that as far as
you're
> concerned, every writer who ever lived is overrated, except for Nabokov,"
> but I get queasy seeing the words "worst" and "Nabokov" in the same
> sentence.Still, one must grow up, and it is true that not all N. opi are
> created equal. I think while "Glory" certainly has the toughest time
getting
> off the ground than any other Nabokov novel, I think, once I substitute
the
> phrase "least well-realized" for "worst," that in my humble opinion "The
> Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is just too damn precious to wholely get
> across. And when I say "get across" I mean on the very demanding terms
that
> Nabokov set for himself. The book still blows away 90 percent of what is
> termed "contemporary literature" these days...
>
> GK
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> > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:12 PM
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 AM
> > Subject: Worst Novel
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> > > My vote goes to Glory. Anyone else? Dane Gill
> >
>
From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (31
lines) ------------------
> Granted, this comes from someone whose girlfriend said to him
> (affectionately, I think) just this weekend, "I think that as far as
you're
> concerned, every writer who ever lived is overrated, except for Nabokov,"
> but I get queasy seeing the words "worst" and "Nabokov" in the same
> sentence.Still, one must grow up, and it is true that not all N. opi are
> created equal. I think while "Glory" certainly has the toughest time
getting
> off the ground than any other Nabokov novel, I think, once I substitute
the
> phrase "least well-realized" for "worst," that in my humble opinion "The
> Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is just too damn precious to wholely get
> across. And when I say "get across" I mean on the very demanding terms
that
> Nabokov set for himself. The book still blows away 90 percent of what is
> termed "contemporary literature" these days...
>
> GK
> > ----------
> > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:12 PM
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 AM
> > Subject: Worst Novel
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (6
> > lines) -------------------
> > > My vote goes to Glory. Anyone else? Dane Gill
> >
>