Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0012987, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:53:43 -0400

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Re: greatest novel of all is lost out there ... (correction on
extemporaneous haiku)
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Fortunately John Shade only burned what were rejected cards in his backyard
"auto da fé" ( and even kept twelve among his finished draft). I still
wonder, though, why did Kinbote use such a strong image for it ( Spanish and
Portuguese inquisition and witch burnings)

Jansy

>'One Japanese writer, Ihara Saikaku (1642-93), wanted to be a great
novelist. He was said to have destroyed his entire collection of haiku —
thousands of them.'

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