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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:33 PM

Subject: Nabokov and Kawabata

In "V.V.Nabokov: Pro et Contra" (vol.1, 1997) there is an article concerning Kawabata and Nabokov by Nora Buhks. She finds many affinities between "Zaschita Luzhina" and "The Master of Go" and explains them, in VN's words, by a telepathic link between writers.