Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009128, Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:06:14 -0800

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Re: Nabokov and Bowles and Borges
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EDNOTE. So far as I know no one has paired Bowles & VN not did VN comment on
Bowles. VN did comment on Borges--first enthusiastically and later more
coolly. Check the Index for STRONG OPINIONS on ZEMBLA. Or maybe WaXWING.

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From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
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> I would be interested to know if Nabokov ever voiced
> an opinion about the American writer Paul Bowles.
> Similarly, though there is a brief mention of
> comparisons that were made between N and Borges in
> Boyd's The American Years, it would be interesting to
> know what he thought of the Argentine, as the more I
> read of N the more I think of Borges.
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> Brian
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