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From: Dmitri Nabokov (fwd)
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The below items from Dmitri Nabokov for NABOKV-L:
MY THANKS TO ALPHONSE VINH FOR HIS
MESSAGE.
1. A VAGUE BELL RECALLS FATHER'S MENTION OF "LIMBERLOST,"
A WORD WHOSE LIQUID LILT, HAUNTING SUGGESTIONS, AND
LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS SEEMED DESIGNED TO APPEAL
TO HIM, WHICH, IN PART, IS WHY IT FOUND ITS WAY INTO _LOLITA_.
2. BROADCAST (TAPED EXCERPTS?) OF 19 MAY PERFORMANCE FINE WITH
ME AND SHOULD BE OKAY WITH BILL. BUT BEST TO DOUBLECHECK WITH
HIM.
3. RUSSIA: GOOD. I'VE BEEN WISHING I HAD A DOLLY TO REPRESENT
ME AT EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN ASKED TO BUT, SO FAR, COULD ONLY BE
AT ONE PLACE AT A TIME. I DO HOPE TO MAKE IT, AFTER 19 MAY, TO
THE CRIMEA, WHERE RUSSIAN TV HAS INVITED ME. NOW A DOLLY HAS
MATERIALIZED FOR THE REST.
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SPORTS IN VN'S WORKS: IF BY "EVENTS" ONE MEANS SPECTATOR
SPORTS, AND EXCLUDES CHESS, ONLY THE HOCKEY GAME IN _KAMERA_
COMES TO MIND, BESIDES SOME UNIVERSITY SOCCER ELSEWHERE BASED
ON CAMBRIDGE RECOLLECTIONS. NO, FATHER'S GOALKEEPING DID NOT
EXTEND TO THE ICE, BUT HE DID ENJOY WATCHING A GOOD HOCKEY MATCH,
AND REGULARLY HAD A TV INSTALLED AT THE PALACE AT WINTER-OLYMPICS
TIME. HE RELISHED A PARTICULAR RUSSIAN'S (YASHIN'S?) SPECTACULAR
SAVES IN THE CAGE. IF ONE HAS IN MIND MORE PRIVATE SPORTS, THERE'S
TENNIS, BESIDES _LOLITA_, IN "LA VENEZIANA" AND THE UNRETURNABLE
SLIDING SHOT IMAGINED BY .......... IN ..........
A GOOD AMATEUR BOXER, FATHER DID ENGAGE IN A CHARITY EXHIBITION
MATCH WITH GEORGE HESSEN. IT'S LATE IN THE NIGHT FOR OMNISCIENCE,
BUT I'M SURE SPORTS FLICKER IN OTHER FICTION OF HIS AS WELL.
NONCOMPETITIVE SKIING AND COMPETITIVE SKI- JUMPING, FOR EXAMPLE,
IN "WINGSTROKE." AND, OF COURSE, IN HIS POEMS: E.G., "FUTBOL," AND
YET ANOTHER SKI JUMP (SOMETHING HE ENJOYED DOING TOO).
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DEAR SVETLANA POLSKY,
I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE _MASHEN'KA_ TOO. AND IT'S SOMEWHAT WORSE
THAN THE MUNICH ONE. I HAVE SOME OTHER TV AND THEATRE STUFF,
MOST OF IT PRETTY BAD, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT _WALTZ
INVENTION_ YOU MENTION.
I REGRET TO SAY I'VE HAD TO KEEP PUTTING OFF COMPLETING THE
ENGLISH VERSION OF "PASKHAL'NIY DOZHD'," WHICH YOU FOUND AND SO
KINDLY SENT ME.
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MY THANKS TO ALPHONSE VINH FOR HIS
MESSAGE.
1. A VAGUE BELL RECALLS FATHER'S MENTION OF "LIMBERLOST,"
A WORD WHOSE LIQUID LILT, HAUNTING SUGGESTIONS, AND
LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS SEEMED DESIGNED TO APPEAL
TO HIM, WHICH, IN PART, IS WHY IT FOUND ITS WAY INTO _LOLITA_.
2. BROADCAST (TAPED EXCERPTS?) OF 19 MAY PERFORMANCE FINE WITH
ME AND SHOULD BE OKAY WITH BILL. BUT BEST TO DOUBLECHECK WITH
HIM.
3. RUSSIA: GOOD. I'VE BEEN WISHING I HAD A DOLLY TO REPRESENT
ME AT EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN ASKED TO BUT, SO FAR, COULD ONLY BE
AT ONE PLACE AT A TIME. I DO HOPE TO MAKE IT, AFTER 19 MAY, TO
THE CRIMEA, WHERE RUSSIAN TV HAS INVITED ME. NOW A DOLLY HAS
MATERIALIZED FOR THE REST.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SPORTS IN VN'S WORKS: IF BY "EVENTS" ONE MEANS SPECTATOR
SPORTS, AND EXCLUDES CHESS, ONLY THE HOCKEY GAME IN _KAMERA_
COMES TO MIND, BESIDES SOME UNIVERSITY SOCCER ELSEWHERE BASED
ON CAMBRIDGE RECOLLECTIONS. NO, FATHER'S GOALKEEPING DID NOT
EXTEND TO THE ICE, BUT HE DID ENJOY WATCHING A GOOD HOCKEY MATCH,
AND REGULARLY HAD A TV INSTALLED AT THE PALACE AT WINTER-OLYMPICS
TIME. HE RELISHED A PARTICULAR RUSSIAN'S (YASHIN'S?) SPECTACULAR
SAVES IN THE CAGE. IF ONE HAS IN MIND MORE PRIVATE SPORTS, THERE'S
TENNIS, BESIDES _LOLITA_, IN "LA VENEZIANA" AND THE UNRETURNABLE
SLIDING SHOT IMAGINED BY .......... IN ..........
A GOOD AMATEUR BOXER, FATHER DID ENGAGE IN A CHARITY EXHIBITION
MATCH WITH GEORGE HESSEN. IT'S LATE IN THE NIGHT FOR OMNISCIENCE,
BUT I'M SURE SPORTS FLICKER IN OTHER FICTION OF HIS AS WELL.
NONCOMPETITIVE SKIING AND COMPETITIVE SKI- JUMPING, FOR EXAMPLE,
IN "WINGSTROKE." AND, OF COURSE, IN HIS POEMS: E.G., "FUTBOL," AND
YET ANOTHER SKI JUMP (SOMETHING HE ENJOYED DOING TOO).
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DEAR SVETLANA POLSKY,
I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE _MASHEN'KA_ TOO. AND IT'S SOMEWHAT WORSE
THAN THE MUNICH ONE. I HAVE SOME OTHER TV AND THEATRE STUFF,
MOST OF IT PRETTY BAD, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT _WALTZ
INVENTION_ YOU MENTION.
I REGRET TO SAY I'VE HAD TO KEEP PUTTING OFF COMPLETING THE
ENGLISH VERSION OF "PASKHAL'NIY DOZHD'," WHICH YOU FOUND AND SO
KINDLY SENT ME.
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