Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008268, Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:49:07 -0700

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Fw: a retraction re fishy/honey paste taste
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From: "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
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> I don't know if it's possible to retract glue (messy, for sure) but I have
> to say that I was mislead by a clever cut and paste job by Keith. When I
> returned to look at the text of the black out scene in Pale Fire, it
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> out to have been reverse-Bowdlerized by the way it was presented.
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> And I do think mucilage is probably the correct interpretation of fishy
> honey paste.
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> Silly me,
> Carolyn
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