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From: Jeff Edmunds <JHE@psulias.psu.edu>
Nabokovians:
My tale posted on 1 April was an April Fool's Day prank. Although VN and
Irina Guadanini did have a brief affair, and although the cited poem was
indeed written by the latter, the rest of the scenario is utter nonsense.
Jacques Tenier does not exist.
To those of you taken in (and you know who you are) I extend mild and
good-natured derision; to those not fooled, my congratulations; to those
who found the story to be in poor taste, my apologies.
Jeff Edmunds
jhe@psulias.psu.edu
Nabokovians:
My tale posted on 1 April was an April Fool's Day prank. Although VN and
Irina Guadanini did have a brief affair, and although the cited poem was
indeed written by the latter, the rest of the scenario is utter nonsense.
Jacques Tenier does not exist.
To those of you taken in (and you know who you are) I extend mild and
good-natured derision; to those not fooled, my congratulations; to those
who found the story to be in poor taste, my apologies.
Jeff Edmunds
jhe@psulias.psu.edu