Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009141, Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:42:35 -0800

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EDNOTE. OSBERG is mentioned in ADA, I-13, II-4, III-5, III-6. The anagram is
acknowledges in the VIVAN Darkbloom notes.

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> In what work by VN is Borges anagrammatized as Osberg?
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> This is not a Jeopardy response, but a genuine question. I have forgotten
> where, although I remember that.
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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.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 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.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
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