NPPF Get Real

[David Morris]

--- s~Z <keithsz at concentric.net> wrote:

> I am quite aware that Zembla is Nabokov's fictional realm. I was addressing
the issue of whether or not Zembla is a real land within the novel, one that
John Shade and Chuck K recognized, or if it is a delusional creation of
Chuck's. Nabokov's comment points towards it being fictionally consensual.

N's comments are about Charles/Kinbote's belief that it is a "real" place
(where he was king).  I don't think that makes it a "fictional concensus."  If
we are to believe what Kinbote tells us about his conversations with Shade and
other faculty members about Zemble, then I'd say it was "real."  But I think we
can question whether he's made them up too.

David Morris

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