Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010325, Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:34:15 -0700

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Fwd: Imagery
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LATH has been criticized as one of VN's lesser novels. Be that as it
may, I can still read it with pleasure, especially when it contains an
image like this:

"I did. By Jove, I did. I invented my grand-aunt in honor of my first
daydreams, and now, down the marble steps of memory's front porch, here
she slowly comes, sideways, sideways, the poor lame lady, touching each
step edge with the rubber tip of her black cane."

Good stuff that.

Mac

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