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Elizabeth Hurley & DESPAIR's Hermann
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From: "Park, Ed" <EPark@villagevoice.com>
Fassbinder's DESPAIR was playing at a retro here a couple months
> ago, and I had no idea it was derived from VN; I've heard it's very
> interesting. Another curious DESPAIR note-I seem to remember reading in
> Esquire or GQ (some "men's" magazine) that DESPAIR is actress Elizabeth
> Hurley's favorite novel-she even signs in at hotels as "Hermann"!
>
> Best,
> Ed
>
> PS, NABOKOV-L'ers might be interested in an article about Nicholson Baker
in
> the first issue of a new literary journal entitled THE BELIEVER - much
> mention of VN and Pale Fire.
From: "Park, Ed" <EPark@villagevoice.com>
Fassbinder's DESPAIR was playing at a retro here a couple months
> ago, and I had no idea it was derived from VN; I've heard it's very
> interesting. Another curious DESPAIR note-I seem to remember reading in
> Esquire or GQ (some "men's" magazine) that DESPAIR is actress Elizabeth
> Hurley's favorite novel-she even signs in at hotels as "Hermann"!
>
> Best,
> Ed
>
> PS, NABOKOV-L'ers might be interested in an article about Nicholson Baker
in
> the first issue of a new literary journal entitled THE BELIEVER - much
> mention of VN and Pale Fire.