Vladimir Nabokov Talks Synesthesia

[alice wellintown]

vn like a drink?
jm never touch the stuff
Thinking

vn I knew it
jm what am I doing here?

On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, wrote:

> Johnny Marr and VN across from each other at a dinner party thinking:
>
>  VN:  This fellow is an exceedingly bright and witty fellow!
>
>  JM:  What a self-important bore ...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'jstremmel at gmail.com');>>
> To: Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'marrja at gmail.com');>>
> Cc: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'against.the.dave at gmail.com');>>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>
> >
> Sent: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:02 am
> Subject: Re: Vladimir Nabokov Talks Synesthesia
>
>  Okay, give me a boring sentence in Lolita.
>
> If someone who wrote such a book seems self-important you call it
> self-assured, I believe.
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> 2013/3/20 Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'marrja at gmail.com');>>:
> > He covers it during Speak, Memory in his usually self-important fashion.
> > Great stylist, crashing bore.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'against.the.dave at gmail.com');>>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> http://mentalfloss.com/article/49442/vladimir-nabokov-talks-synesthesia
> >
> >
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