Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005682, Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:53:19 -0800

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Re: Query: zagogulina?
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Vladimir Kamaev wrote:

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> The word "zagogulina" (another meaning: "hook") encounterd:
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> In "Podvig" ("Glory")
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> "vsego odna kartina, no zato Sezann, (eskiz uglem, zhenoobraznaya zagogulina)"
>
> In "Mashenka" ("Mary"):
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> "Franciya skoree zigzag, a Rossiya nasha, ta
> -- prosto zagogulina."
>
>
> Vladimir Kamaev
> kamaev@reksoft.ru
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: NABOKV-L Instruction Sheet
> > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:34:14 -0500
> > From: "Maxim D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
> > Reply-To: shrayerm@bc.edu
> > Organization: Boston College
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >
> > Has anyone encountered the word "zagogulina"
> > ('curlicue,' 'twist,' 'flourish') in one of
> > Nabokov's Russian texts? If yes, where?
> >