Nabokov

Elisabeth Romberg eromberg at mac.com
Mon Dec 15 04:09:29 CST 2014


Alright then.. I’ve just gone and bought Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada! I’ve only seen the film once (Lolita), didn’t sort of know how big Nabokov was until I joined this list. Thanks Doc. (I’m reading House of Leaves now, also on the recommendation of P-list).
M&D is lovely. Really really lovely. In the beginning I didn’t know what was going on (it was my first TRP-book) and had to start it 7 times:) English is not my first language, but I got the hang of it as soon as I figured Dixon is a Northerner (Yorkshire-lad), which is where I learned my english a long time ago. It might be my favorite book ever. Definitely top 5.

Elisabeth


> 14. des. 2014 kl. 20.25 skrev Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>:
> 
> This topic is getting me excited about Nab all over again. Can't wait to finish The Peripheral so I can start on Ada. Super excited! And I still haven't completed the Pynchon oeuvre either; missing V, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon but I will get to them in time, hopefully. Most interested in M&D since it seems to be the least talked about here or anywhere for some reason. It makes me curious. Goldarn holiday is forcing me to put reading on the back burner though unfortunately.
> 
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Simon Bryquer <sbryquer at nyc.rr.com <mailto:sbryquer at nyc.rr.com>> wrote:
> CORRECTION - Sebastian Knight was 1st published in 1941
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> sb
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Bryquer" <sbryquer at nyc.rr.com <mailto:sbryquer at nyc.rr.com>>
> To: "Mark Kohut" <mark.kohut at gmail.com <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>>; "Perry Noid" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com <mailto:coolwithdoc at gmail.com>>
> Cc: "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com <mailto:kbob42 at gmail.com>>; "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org <mailto:pynchon-l at waste.org>>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Nabokov
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> The Real Life of Sebastian Knight  was written in 1939 and published in 1949 -- are you saying V (published in 1963)influenced  The Real Life of Sebastian Knight ?
> 
> Simon Bryquer
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kohut" <mark.kohut at gmail.com <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>>
> To: "Perry Noid" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com <mailto:coolwithdoc at gmail.com>>
> Cc: "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com <mailto:kbob42 at gmail.com>>; "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org <mailto:pynchon-l at waste.org>>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Nabokov
> 
> 
> I might second but I believe in some bit of time passing (usually)
> between reads...so I say listen to  JEREMY IRONS read Lolita to
> ya....PNIN is fun and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight had V.
> influence....(you'll see)......Despair, the chess one is good on the
> paranoia of over patterning....and a consequence....then reread PALE
> FIRE which you would have read and Speak, Memory is another
> essential....
> 
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com <mailto:coolwithdoc at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Ooh! Well if I can make a suggestion; read Lolita again, then read pale fire
> twice in a row. In my very green and humble opinion, Nabokov begs to be
> double-dipped. Last one I read was Speak, Memory but Ada, or Ardour is
> allegedly the one I should read next according to my friend's father the
> English professor.
> 
> On Dec 14, 2014 9:44 AM, "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com <mailto:kbob42 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Just finished reading "Lolita" for the first time. What a great  read!
> Don't know why it took so long to get to it, other than to look around at
> the stacks of as yet unread books lying around waiting to be
> "deflowered"....!
> 
> Someone was recently recommending "Pale Fire". Any other particular
> recommendations?
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