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Introduction to VN for early teens (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. My thanks to Sandy Klein for sharing with us Dmitri
Nabokov's reaction to the above topic. And to DN himself, for his response.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:28:32 -0500
From: Sandy Klein <taxi@flinet.com>
To: robert.foster@sympatico.ca
Cc: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: Introduction to VN for early teens
Mr. Foster,
I saw the your below posting and was interested in the fact you
wish to introduce your children to VN.
So, rather than extend my thoughts to you -- I took the liberty
to mention your posting to DN as we were having dinner tonight
and asked if he would allow me to pass his thoughts on to you.
As you might have guessed--he said yes and asked me to post to you he
agreed 100% with your suggestion "to start with _Speak, Memory_ and
perhaps some of the short stories (from the Viking Portable
collection)".
Sandy Klein
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Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> From: rfoster <robert.foster@sympatico.ca>
>
> In keeping with your request to participate a bit more, I would like to ask
> the group for suggestions on how best to introduce one's children (mine are
> 13 and 14) to the works of VN. My children are starting to get curious
> about who this Nabokov is as I have two bookshelves filled with material by
> or about the man. About a month ago, I suggested to my son, who devours
> Dragonlance fantasy books, to start with _Speak, Memory_ and perhaps some of
> the short stories (from the Viking Portable collection) but he has yet to
> get back to me. Can anyone else relate stories about introducing VN's work
> to the younger reader??
>
> Bob Foster
> Montreal
> robert.foster@sympatico.ca
Nabokov's reaction to the above topic. And to DN himself, for his response.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:28:32 -0500
From: Sandy Klein <taxi@flinet.com>
To: robert.foster@sympatico.ca
Cc: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: Introduction to VN for early teens
Mr. Foster,
I saw the your below posting and was interested in the fact you
wish to introduce your children to VN.
So, rather than extend my thoughts to you -- I took the liberty
to mention your posting to DN as we were having dinner tonight
and asked if he would allow me to pass his thoughts on to you.
As you might have guessed--he said yes and asked me to post to you he
agreed 100% with your suggestion "to start with _Speak, Memory_ and
perhaps some of the short stories (from the Viking Portable
collection)".
Sandy Klein
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> From: rfoster <robert.foster@sympatico.ca>
>
> In keeping with your request to participate a bit more, I would like to ask
> the group for suggestions on how best to introduce one's children (mine are
> 13 and 14) to the works of VN. My children are starting to get curious
> about who this Nabokov is as I have two bookshelves filled with material by
> or about the man. About a month ago, I suggested to my son, who devours
> Dragonlance fantasy books, to start with _Speak, Memory_ and perhaps some of
> the short stories (from the Viking Portable collection) but he has yet to
> get back to me. Can anyone else relate stories about introducing VN's work
> to the younger reader??
>
> Bob Foster
> Montreal
> robert.foster@sympatico.ca