Dear Michael,

Great catch.  When writing that bit I did indeed hesitate on the name because I sensed a memory of another literary dog. Had to plunge ahead though. Instead of being on their shelves, most of my books are around my knees on the floor due to the institution of a new shelving scheme that will eliminate book searching problems forever, for a month or so. At the moment I can find nothing.

British novelist Martin Amis is famous for including in his books homages to various authors. His favorite is Nabokov, and in his autobiography Experience he includes a part-parody, part-homage to Woolf with a scene almost exactly the same as the Flush! Flush! Flush! chapter in Woolf’s book. Amis also uses the slightly mysterious “you” and “your” devise employed by VN in Speak Memory.

Best Wishes,

Andrew Brown


On 11/27/06 9:21 AM, "Nabokv-L" <nabokv-l@UTK.EDU> wrote:



-------- Original Message --------   
 Subject:  Woolf and Water  
 Date:  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:08:52 -0800  
 From:  Michael S Strickland <mstrickland@P3.NET> <mailto:mstrickland@P3.NET>   
 To:  NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU  
An interesting slip on the part of Andrew Brown: calling Virginia Woolf's
book Floss. The title is actually Flush, but the name of Colette's dog that
comes bounding back to Nabokov in Speak, Memory is Floss! Floss! Floss!
Which is not far off from the Flush! Flush! Flush! early in chapter one of
Woolf's book (published in 1933).







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