NABOKV-L post 0027441, Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:13:45 -0700

Thanks, Hanna. "Transparent thingum" certainly does seem to intimate
ghost/Shade/spirit - it fits the theme. I don't think John Shade needs to
be presumed dead at this point, though. I appreciate the links. V&V are
speaking French. Mary

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Hen Hanna <henhanna@gmail.com> wrote:

> (But this transparent thingum does require
> Some moondrop title. Help me, Will! Pale Fire.)
> ________________________
>
> I think there's a pun here. --- moondrop = [dew]
> -------- This poem (or book) does require a [due] title.
>
>
> Why is it called "transparent" ? and why "thingum" ?
>
> Let me try to answer. ...
>
> In the book [Transparent Things], transparent things
> refer to (recently ?) dead souls (ghosts) that
> still look upon the living.
>
> (One of them is speaking to his son.)
>
> John Shade is (recently ?) dead, so he is a transparent thing.
> His poem would be a " transparent thingum ".
>
>
> Who is saying this?
> >> (But this transparent thingum does require
> >> Some moondrop title. Help me, Will! Pale Fire.)
>
> I'd say... these two lines are more by VN (than by Shade).
>
> How did I do? HH
>
> ______________________
>
> It was 12+ years ago:
> I found a 20 sec. audio clip of VN ( Nabokov ) .
> I was so excited, i listened to it maybe 20 times.
>
> Now, there's lots of VN video and audio material :
>
> Nabokov 6 min TV program in 1996 (?)
> http://videolike.org/view/yt=1c6JGudkNaN
>
> Mr & Mrs (VN and Vera) playing chess
> ---- before VN says "Come on, darling."
> are they speaking in Russian ?
>
>
> I just discovered this 57 min. audio recording :
> http://92yondemand.org/75-at-75-brian-boyd-on-vladimir-nabokov
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