NABOKV-L post 0020109, Mon, 24 May 2010 17:32:35 +0200

Dear Don, Carolyn, Jansy,



I would suggest a very interesting article where G. Barabtarlo maintains
that:



SEBASTIAN KNIGHT = KNIGHT IS ABSENT.

Only one letter couldn’t be included, and, interestingly, it corresponds to
the indefinite article “a”. It is then possible, in my opinion, to
generalize the sentence, obtaining:

A KNIGHT IS ABSENT.





Here’s the link:

http://magazines.russ.ru/km/2003/3/barabtablo-pr.html

I must warn the list that the article is in Russian, and I don’t think it
has been translated.

I believe that Barabtarlo’s intuition is an incredible interpretation both
of the character’s name and of the whole novel. In fact, I quote his
reasoning very often.



Regards,



Irina Marchesini

Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature

University of Bologna, Italy.



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Dear Don,



I'm game with a little time to spare. Have you tried anagramming? i.e. S E B
I A + S T A N K N I G H T. I don't see anything there (too few vowels and
not a dr or mr in sight), but perhaps Alexey will? On second glance I do
think there's a holy man lurking around ... is there a martyr in the house?



Carolyn



p.s. One possible solution: SEBIA THANKING S(ain)T (ili naoborot). But what
does it mean? (I) Don 't remember the book well enough to say.

p.p.s. OR, it could be "thanking st. sebia"?

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