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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:25 AM
Subject: Nabokov Sighting
Hello, Don] once again I discovered a
reference to Nabokov in this month´s issue of Brazilian magazine " Bravo!" in an
article written by Fernando Monteiro with " Escandalo" ( Scandal) for
title. It discusses the difference between erotic and ponographic works in
the occidental literary tradition. Suggested readings are: Georges
Bataille, " O Erotismo" and " História do Olho", Henry Miller in " Trópico de
Câncer" and " Trópico de Capricórnio" and Vladimir Nabokov´s
"Lolita".
The text comments on the work of editors such as Jack
Kahane, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Alexander Trocchi and Maurice Girodias ( son of
Kahane ) founder of Olympia Press. A listing is offered with the names
of its more famous authors following the tradition of Sade and
Restif La Bretonne, such as Henry Miller, Jean Genet, Bataille and
Nabokov. According to F. Monteiro, Maurice Girodias declared that " only one book really made him earn a lot of
money, an this book was Lolita " which reached him thru the
literary agent Doussia Ergaz in 1955.
I couldn´t reach this particular article at the online
issue of Bravo! but the magazine can be accessed at www.bravonline.com.br ( feb.2004.
ano 7 )
Best,
Jansy