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retranslating the great Russian writers,
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[EDNOTE. Sandy Klein sends this link to a review of a volume of essays
by New Yorker editor David Remnick. -- SES]
Sunday Book Review
Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:41 AM PDT
A Ringside Seat
New York Times Fri, 12 May 2006 10:10 PM PDT
'Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker,' by David Remnick
A Ringside Seat
Review by PETE HAMILL
Published: May 14, 2006
Other articles show that Remnick was still learning from his subjects.
In a fine essay about the continuing project of retranslating the great
Russian writers, he quotes Vladimir Nabokov: "In art as in science there
is no delight without the detail. . . . All 'general ideas' (so easily
acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn
passports allowing their bearers shortcuts from one area of ignorance to
another." [. . .]
Here's a link to the entire review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/books/review/14hamill.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
by New Yorker editor David Remnick. -- SES]
Sunday Book Review
Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:41 AM PDT
A Ringside Seat
New York Times Fri, 12 May 2006 10:10 PM PDT
'Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker,' by David Remnick
A Ringside Seat
Review by PETE HAMILL
Published: May 14, 2006
Other articles show that Remnick was still learning from his subjects.
In a fine essay about the continuing project of retranslating the great
Russian writers, he quotes Vladimir Nabokov: "In art as in science there
is no delight without the detail. . . . All 'general ideas' (so easily
acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn
passports allowing their bearers shortcuts from one area of ignorance to
another." [. . .]
Here's a link to the entire review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/books/review/14hamill.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm