Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001021, Tue, 5 Mar 1996 08:34:07 -0800

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"Transparent Things: centenarian's fruit" (fwd)
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From: JOSEPH PIERCY <j9250308@wlv.ac.uk>

In response to the recent posting concerning "Transparent Things"/
"centenarians fruit" :

I went through the original file card manuscript of "Transparent Things"
in teh VN Archive of the Berg Collection (New York Public Library) towards
the end of last year and compiled a list of corrections and deletions that
occurred between the first draft and the British paperback edition. Alas,
(unless- by some oversight on my part) it appears that "centenarians
fruit" was VN's intended description from the start and not "centurians".
Must go now as I have some urgent "Trainspotting" to do.

Joseph Piercy
University Of Wolverhampton. U.K