Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004143, Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:57:13 -0700

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Answer to Nabokov question from The New Yorker (fwd)
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Try _Strong Opinions_, around pages 135 or 136. The context is a
discussion of
Laughter in the Dark.
Call me if you need it greater specifics.

Zoran

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From: Donald Barton Johnson [mailto:chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu]
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Subject: Nabokov question from The New Yorker (fwd)


From: Sasha_Smith@newyorker.com
Subject: Nabokov question from The New Yorker


My name is Sasha Smith and I'm a fact-checker at the New Yorker magazine.
Stephen Parker suggested I contact you.
I'm trying to check a quote
attributed to Nabokov in a piece I'm checking. The sentence reads: "He
refuses to be concerned with the mechanics of copulation, what he called
the "porno-grapple..."