Vladimir Nabokov

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News from the Nabokov Society of Japan: KRUG v. III,
#2 (June 2002)
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The new head of the Nabokov Society of Japan (NSJ) is Prof. Akiko Nakata
<a-nakata@courante.plala.or.jp>. The Society's international liaison is
Shoko Miura at Interdisciplinary Studies, Tokyo University of Fishes,
4-5-7 Konan, Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan 108-8477 :e-mail
<shoko@Tokyo-u-fish.ac.jp>. The NSJ office has now moved to The
English Dept., Nanzan Junior College, 19 Hayato-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya
466-0833, JAPAN.

Volume III, #2 of NSJ's publication "KRUG" has just appeared. The Table
of Contents follows:

NB: Unless otherwise noted, the items are in Japanese.

An interview with Alexander Dolinin. Conducted by Mituyoshi Numano;
trans. by Kumi Mori.---p. 1

Nabokov's Stories with a Hidden Plot, by Izumi Matoba----p. 7.

On the Contexts of Nabokov's THE GIFT, by Kumi Mori.-----p. 11
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NOTES
Nabokov's Specters: Clairvoyance on the Border between Life and Death
Mitsyoshi Numano--p. 13
(In English)

Details of Nabokov's "DETAILS of a Sunset", By Kumi Mori-------p. 17
(In Russian)

Blissful Memory, by Hidehiro Nakao-----------p. 19 (In English)
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REVIEW
The Japanese Review of THE STORIES OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV, by Katsuhiko
Kitayama---p. 24

Annotations to ADA (2), by The Kyoto Reading Circle----------------p. 26
(In English: Notes cover Chapters 6-9.)

As an Editor's NOTE to the above, I applaud the identification of "the
Flying Italian lady" (ADA 51.22-23) as evoking Gina Lollobrigida in her
1956 film "Trapeze," co-starring Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis.