Content-Type: message/rfc822 Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:48:35 -0400 From: "jansymello" To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" Subject: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-LIST] [ Ada, or Ardor] siblings and their discoveries in the attic,PS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=__Part775E0123.1__=" --=__Part775E0123.1__= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__Part775E0123.2__=" --=__Part775E0123.2__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear SES, I don't know if it is worthwhile to add my PS ( it is too subjective and = puzzled) but, while I wondered why I make mistakes while reading ADA I = made another mistake, as the just mailed posting serves to demonstrate. Anyway, here it goes ( and you decide!) Jansy ...........................................................................= ........................................ JM: There were two things I knew: Van and Ada, both, were children born to = Marina and Demon. Lucette was only their half-sister. And yet, I often = forget that Lucette is Ada's half-sister or that the important discovery = is that Van and Ada are Marina's children, ie, that Van is not Aqua's = son.=20 Why is it so hard to put this information to good use while re-reading? = How does this "trap" function when I follow the text ( am I alone in = that?): is there another information, still unknown, pressuring and = disturbing my attention? Is it something that results from the way the = information is conveyed by the narrator?=20 This is a PS to the question: I wonder, though, why was the "two kids' = best find" something that "came from another carton in a lower layer of = the past."? Their "best find" in relation to what? Their parentage?[...]'I = deduce,' said the boy, 'three main facts: that not yet married Marina and = her married sister hibernated in my lieu de naissance; that Marina had her = own Dr Krolik, pour ainsi dire; and that the orchids came from Demon who = preferred to stay by the sea, his dark-blue great-grandmother.'[...] Did = Ada's words, as they were placed in her mouth at that moment, reveal that = there were never "two" discoverers of strange treasures but only one? It = this a "delayed-action" information deliberately set by the narrator and = to what purpose does it serve?=20 Mensagem de e-mail verificada por Spyware Doctor (5.5.0.212) Vers=E3o do banco de dados: 5.09860 http://www.pctools.com/br/spyware-doctor/ Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=3Dsite:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=3Den Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/ Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=3Dsite:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=3Den Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/ --=__Part775E0123.2__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML
Dear SES,
I don't know if it is worthwhile to add my PS ( = it is=20 too subjective and puzzled) but, while I wondered why I make mistakes = while=20 reading ADA I made another mistake, as the just mailed posting serves = to=20 demonstrate.
Anyway, here it goes ( and you decide!)
Jansy
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JM: There were two things I knew: Van and = Ada,=20 both, were children born to Marina and Demon. Lucette was only their=20 half-sister. And yet, I often forget that Lucette is Ada's half-sister=20 or that the important discovery is that Van and Ada are Mari= na's=20 children, ie, that Van is not Aqua's son.=20
Why is it so hard to put this information to good use = while=20 re-reading? How does this "trap" function when I follow the text ( am I = alone in=20 that?): is there another information, still unknown, pressuring = and=20 disturbing my attention? Is it something that results from the = way the=20 information is conveyed by the narrator?
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This is a PS to the question:  I wonder, though, why was  the "two=20 kids=92 best find" something that "came from = another=20 carton in a lower layer of the past."? Their "best=20 find" in relation to what? Their parentage?[...]<= SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-US style=3D"mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: = 9.0pt">=91I deduce,=92 said the boy, =91three main facts: that = not yet married=20 Marina and her married sister hibernated in my lieu de naissance; = that=20 Marina = had her=20 own Dr Krolik, pour ainsi dire; and that the orchids came from = Demon who=20 preferred to stay by the sea, his dark-blue great-grandmother.=92[..= .]=20 Did Ada'= s=20 words, as they were placed in her mouth at that moment, reveal = that=20 there were never "two" discoverers of strange treasures but = only=20 one? It this a "delayed-action" information deliberatel= y=20 set by the narrator and to what purpose does it=20 serve? 
 
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