Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007870, Tue, 13 May 2003 09:47:55 -0700

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Advice on reading Pale Fire
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EDNOTE. I concur that reading Boyd FIRST is not a good idea.

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From: "Håkan Anderson Klinte" <2klinhaan@tjelvar.org>
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> Hi -
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> Two options:
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> 1 Just read on, it's not a difficult book, and if yoú don't get into the
book just skip it and

> 2 Read another, traditional, book and try again a couple of years later.
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> But if you stay in no 1 you'll get rewarded, because it's an adventure,
nothing less.
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> But for godsake: don't read Boyd before Nabokov.
> Read it after and you'll get even more rewarded.
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> Greetings from Gotland
> Håkan Anderson
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