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Peter Moffat's play "Nabokov's Gloves"
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EDNOTE. The material below is shamelessly stolen from Juan Martinez' Nabokov
web site at.http://www.fulmerford.com/waxwing/nabobilia/nv38.html
My thanks to Juan and, no less, to Akiko Nakata, who provided the material.
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From Peter Moffat's play "Nabokov's Gloves"
Fran: Did you know that Nabokov was a lepidopterist? By the way.
While we're waiting . . .
Nick: Waiting?
Joe: Really? Amazing.
Nick: Fran.
Fran: He discovered new species. Madeleina lolita.
Joe: What? Really?
Fran: Pseudolucia humbert.
Joe: No.
Fran: Yes. Actually.
Joe: Brilliant.
Fran: Amazing. They're Latin-American blues. Lolita and humbert. How
long do you suppose they'd been around without a name? Before him. Before
Nabokov found them. With his net and his white cotton gloves.
Joe: White cotton gloves.
Fran: It's what he wore. For butterfly hunting. Delicate hands, you
see. Cotton gloves out there in the heat of the day.
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web site at.http://www.fulmerford.com/waxwing/nabobilia/nv38.html
My thanks to Juan and, no less, to Akiko Nakata, who provided the material.
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From Peter Moffat's play "Nabokov's Gloves"
Fran: Did you know that Nabokov was a lepidopterist? By the way.
While we're waiting . . .
Nick: Waiting?
Joe: Really? Amazing.
Nick: Fran.
Fran: He discovered new species. Madeleina lolita.
Joe: What? Really?
Fran: Pseudolucia humbert.
Joe: No.
Fran: Yes. Actually.
Joe: Brilliant.
Fran: Amazing. They're Latin-American blues. Lolita and humbert. How
long do you suppose they'd been around without a name? Before him. Before
Nabokov found them. With his net and his white cotton gloves.
Joe: White cotton gloves.
Fran: It's what he wore. For butterfly hunting. Delicate hands, you
see. Cotton gloves out there in the heat of the day.
Previous | Index | Next
Nabokovilia | Home | Index | Books | Resources | Tributes | Contact | Shop
© 2001
Last Updated 19 February 2001
Created and Maintained by J.M. Martinez