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KRUG, vol. I, #2 (April 2000) has appeared.
Although much of the contents is in Japanese, English portions of the 25 page newsletter make interesting reading for a wider audience. The name of the publication, KRUG, is a Nabokovian pun. The Russian word means "circle" in both the literal sense and the metaphorical sense, i.e., a circle of friends. Nabokov uses it for the name of the professor-protagonist of BEND SINISTER who senses the circumambient world and, also, as the title of a story that is "circular" in that the ending overlaps the beginning.
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Akira Suzuki, "Vladimir Nabokov and his Commentary to EUGENE ONEGIN" (10pp) [1 page English abstract]
A review of the new Japanese translation of THE DEFENSE. Review by Toshiko Miura.
Notice Board/Editorial
"Nabokov at the Crossroads" A Report on the Cambridge Centenary Meeting (July 1999) by Shoko Miura (pp. 14-16)
"Annotations to ADA (1) by the Kyoto Reading Circle. (pp. 17-25) In English.
This last item is quite interesting: "The Kyoto Reading Circle, chaired by Tadashi Wakashima, has been reading ADA since March, 1997. After devoting six years to THE GIFT, we moved on to the late mazy masterpiece. Once a month, we meet at Prof. Wakasima's Kyoto University office to share a blissful afternoon pondering and discussing the novel. A few of us come from Tokyo and Hiroshima, ignoring the differance--in American terms, it is like travelling from New York to Chicago--for the pleasure of disentangling the thick, complex details of the novel. The number of pages read at a time ranges from four to seven; the number of member who gather--from three to twelve. We discuss the places which we find are especially impressive, elusive, or allusive, i.e., very Nabokovian."
This first installment covers ADA's first five chapters and includes illustrations. Although leaning heavily on Brian Boyd's annotations appearing in THE NABOKOVIAN, the group makes a number of most enlightening observations.
Although much of the contents is in Japanese, English portions of the 25 page newsletter make interesting reading for a wider audience. The name of the publication, KRUG, is a Nabokovian pun. The Russian word means "circle" in both the literal sense and the metaphorical sense, i.e., a circle of friends. Nabokov uses it for the name of the professor-protagonist of BEND SINISTER who senses the circumambient world and, also, as the title of a story that is "circular" in that the ending overlaps the beginning.
Table of Contents
Akira Suzuki, "Vladimir Nabokov and his Commentary to EUGENE ONEGIN" (10pp) [1 page English abstract]
A review of the new Japanese translation of THE DEFENSE. Review by Toshiko Miura.
Notice Board/Editorial
"Nabokov at the Crossroads" A Report on the Cambridge Centenary Meeting (July 1999) by Shoko Miura (pp. 14-16)
"Annotations to ADA (1) by the Kyoto Reading Circle. (pp. 17-25) In English.
This last item is quite interesting: "The Kyoto Reading Circle, chaired by Tadashi Wakashima, has been reading ADA since March, 1997. After devoting six years to THE GIFT, we moved on to the late mazy masterpiece. Once a month, we meet at Prof. Wakasima's Kyoto University office to share a blissful afternoon pondering and discussing the novel. A few of us come from Tokyo and Hiroshima, ignoring the differance--in American terms, it is like travelling from New York to Chicago--for the pleasure of disentangling the thick, complex details of the novel. The number of pages read at a time ranges from four to seven; the number of member who gather--from three to twelve. We discuss the places which we find are especially impressive, elusive, or allusive, i.e., very Nabokovian."
This first installment covers ADA's first five chapters and includes illustrations. Although leaning heavily on Brian Boyd's annotations appearing in THE NABOKOVIAN, the group makes a number of most enlightening observations.