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Re: QUERY: searching for Nabokov dig at American writers'
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Dear Jenny & list,
The closest thing I can think of is *Speak, Memory*'s caption of a
photograph (it's on page 257 of the Putnam edition and on page 597 of the
Library of America -- don't have the Vintage):
"My wife took, unnoticed, this picture, unposed, of me in the act of writing
a novel in our hotel room...
"Many years ago, in St. Petersburg, I remember being amused by the Collected
Poems of a tram conductor, and specially by his picture, in uniform,
sturdily booted, with a pair of new rubbers on the floor beside him and his
father's war medals on the photographer's console near which the author
stood at attention. Wise conductor, farseeing photographer!"
Best,
Juan
PS - Doesn't sound so much like a dig as just amusement at how much can be
revealed or remembered from a single image (right before the paragraph on
the tram conductor, Nabokov writes, "Seldom does a casual snapshot
compendiate a life so precisely.")
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Nabokv-L <nabokv-l@utk.edu> wrote:
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> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: searching for Nabokov dig at
> American writers' dustjackets? Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:45:54 -0800 From:
> Jenny Schuessler <schuessler@NYTIMES.COM> <schuessler@NYTIMES.COM> To:
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>
> Thi
> Hello,
> I am trying to track down a vaguely recollected dig Nabokov made at
> American writers who on their
> dustjackets self-consciously trumpet their experiences driving a milk
> truck, working on the docks,
> picking corn, etc. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
> Thanks,
> Jenny Schuessler
>
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The closest thing I can think of is *Speak, Memory*'s caption of a
photograph (it's on page 257 of the Putnam edition and on page 597 of the
Library of America -- don't have the Vintage):
"My wife took, unnoticed, this picture, unposed, of me in the act of writing
a novel in our hotel room...
"Many years ago, in St. Petersburg, I remember being amused by the Collected
Poems of a tram conductor, and specially by his picture, in uniform,
sturdily booted, with a pair of new rubbers on the floor beside him and his
father's war medals on the photographer's console near which the author
stood at attention. Wise conductor, farseeing photographer!"
Best,
Juan
PS - Doesn't sound so much like a dig as just amusement at how much can be
revealed or remembered from a single image (right before the paragraph on
the tram conductor, Nabokov writes, "Seldom does a casual snapshot
compendiate a life so precisely.")
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Nabokv-L <nabokv-l@utk.edu> wrote:
>
>
> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: searching for Nabokov dig at
> American writers' dustjackets? Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:45:54 -0800 From:
> Jenny Schuessler <schuessler@NYTIMES.COM> <schuessler@NYTIMES.COM> To:
> NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU CC: Jenny Schuessler <schuessler@NYTIMES.COM><schuessler@NYTIMES.COM>
>
> Thi
> Hello,
> I am trying to track down a vaguely recollected dig Nabokov made at
> American writers who on their
> dustjackets self-consciously trumpet their experiences driving a milk
> truck, working on the docks,
> picking corn, etc. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
> Thanks,
> Jenny Schuessler
>
> Search the archive<http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en> Contact
> the Editors <nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu> Visit "Nabokov
> Online Journal" <http://www.nabokovonline.com> Visit Zembla<http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm> View
> Nabokv-L Policies <http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm> Manage
> subscription options <http://listserv.ucsb.edu/>
>
> All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both
> co-editors.
>
--
Juan Martinez
-- http://fulmerford.com
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