Subject
Query
Date
Body
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Boyd <b.boyd@edunov2.auckland.ac.nz>
Somewhere, I am reasonably sure, VN talks about a chess problem where the
white queen blocks the solution. Nabokov says, as I recall it, "such a
powerful piece--and in the way!" Source, anyone?
Brian Boyd
English Department
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
FAX + 64 9 373 7599 ext 7429
e-mail: b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz
From: Brian Boyd <b.boyd@edunov2.auckland.ac.nz>
Somewhere, I am reasonably sure, VN talks about a chess problem where the
white queen blocks the solution. Nabokov says, as I recall it, "such a
powerful piece--and in the way!" Source, anyone?
Brian Boyd
English Department
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
FAX + 64 9 373 7599 ext 7429
e-mail: b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz