Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008296, Sat, 2 Aug 2003 21:43:04 -0700

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From: "Phil Howerton" <phil@carolina.rr.com>
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> Thirty years or so ago, when I had first started reading Nabokov, and
still
> a Romantic, I was so struck by the ending of Glory--those black fir
needles,
> the falling snow, the dingy air, that creaking wicket, the lonely
Titmouse,
> tsi-tsi, incha-incha; that perfect sense of sadness and loss--that I typed
> out the page and asked an artist friend of mine to draw me a picture of
it.
> I still think about it occasionally. Unfortunately, she never did it.
>
> Phil
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