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A Student Remembers Nabokov (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 16:06:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: Nabokov <Nabokv-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
>From The New York Times Book Review, December 3, 1995, p. 4 (a letter to
the Editor):
When John Updike reminded us, in his review of "The Stories of Vladimir
Nabokov," that Nabokov may not be "an easy read," it kindled my memory of
listening to him when he lectured at Cornell in the mid-1950's. Whether
correcting a translation ("Emma's head is not shaped liked an egg; the
skin of her face has the appearance of an eggshell"), soliciting chauffeuring
help ("My son is playing soccer this weekend"), admonishing us to become
rereaders or dissecting the European fiction that we studied, he was
always an easy listen. /Edward L. Krawitt, Shelburne, Vt.
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 16:06:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: Nabokov <Nabokv-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
>From The New York Times Book Review, December 3, 1995, p. 4 (a letter to
the Editor):
When John Updike reminded us, in his review of "The Stories of Vladimir
Nabokov," that Nabokov may not be "an easy read," it kindled my memory of
listening to him when he lectured at Cornell in the mid-1950's. Whether
correcting a translation ("Emma's head is not shaped liked an egg; the
skin of her face has the appearance of an eggshell"), soliciting chauffeuring
help ("My son is playing soccer this weekend"), admonishing us to become
rereaders or dissecting the European fiction that we studied, he was
always an easy listen. /Edward L. Krawitt, Shelburne, Vt.