Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005891, Wed, 4 Apr 2001 13:28:37 -0700

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query re "That in Aleppo once..."
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D. Barton Johnson,Can you help with my other question (please see my
original email below): "Nor can I find who the story is about. It's
obviously a letter from someone to "V" about his phantom wife." Thank
you.Darlyne <darlyne@prodigy.net>

----- Original Message -----
From: Darlyne Reiter



At 07:38 PM 4/2/01 -0700, you wrote:

>
>
> I'm a student at University of Washington Tacoma and I've
> just read Nabokov's "That in Aleppo Once . . ." in the Best
> American Short Stories of the Century (Updike). Although I'm
> learning about Nabokov, I'm not sure what/why he's referring
> to Aleppo. Nor can I find who the story is about. It's
> obviously a letter from someone to "V" about his phantom
> wife.
>
> Can you help" Either lead me to answers or answer the
> questions for me?
>
> Thanks.
> Darlyne
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