Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009470, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:06:51 -0800

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Michael Maar and a Proto-Lolita
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EDNOTE. Michael Maar is the German literary journalist who broke the story
on a possible German predecessor of Lolita. An abridged version of his
account will appear in the (London) Times Literary Supplement circa April
12.

----- Original Message -----
From: <michael.maar@snafu.de>
To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: Proto-Lolita


> > Dear Professor Johnson,
>
> thanks for your kind letter. I anyhow planned to inform you and the list
about
> the forthcoming article "The Ugly Nymphet" which is to appear in the TLS
around
> the 12th of April. This version is the original one, in that sense that I
had
> to cut the German version and downsize it to 50 %.>
> Just in case you are interested and don't want to wait for the TLS, I
certainly
> could send you my text. And I certainly will enjoy and join the list's
> discussion.
>
> With warm greetings,
> Michael
>
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