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I've been hoping that someday VN would show up on audio like Lolita
and Speak, Memory and the handful of poems and now I see that
Enchanter and Mary are scheduled for release on audio later this
month, the 20th and 28th. I look forward to them and hope they have a
good narrator. This may be heresy to those who think VN or any lit
should only be read, but I've found that over the years listening to
hundreds of books while working etc., that certain works get another
dimension revealed and sometimes, with Moby Dick for example, where a
narrator pauses or emphasizes can make one see something in a totally
different way, and the best narrators give unique voices to each
character. Just my two cents worth, but I hope this means a whole new
exposure for VN and his work and I hope everything is eventually
narrated. Reading and listening to VN can only be the best of both
worlds.
I hope Dmitri has overseen this project and made sure the narrators
are good. A good one creates a movie in my head, a bad one can ruin
beautiful writing.
Can't wait, Darryl Schade
[And a follow up a few minutes later:]
sorry but just searched the site and found this:
www.audiobookstand.com/searchresults.asp?letterSearch=%&narratorid=&authorid=&seriesid=&genre=%25&search=Nabokov&category=author&media=%25&format=UBR&submit=
Enchanter, Gift, King Queen Knave, Mary, Pale Fire, Pnin, Speak, Memory
and Stories
a list of the upcoming titles being produced with some samples.
This Christopher Lane is new to me but seems ok with the beginning of
Mary sample, however, I'm not the biggest fan of Stephan Rudnicki. He
may turn out to be fine, but I think in general when I've run across
him he tends to read a little too slowly.
I don't know how Pale Fire will "translate" but it will be
interesting. And I hope they use several different narrators for
variety, but I'm even more excited about it now.
Kudos to Dmitri for opening up the aural tradition aspect of VN. I
thank you, Darryl Schade