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Bold and bald... that´s as good a pretext as any to ask a question to the
List about VN´s barns and burns in the "brooks" of Ardis.
I counted 20 brooks ( not counting the "burns" which, as I learned from
B.Boyd´s notes also mean "brook"), plus seven Malbrough and Malbrook.
We have typical "book or brook"; "bank of the brook"; "brink of the brook"
( three times); brooks linked to myosotis and its synonim, "forget-me-nots";
brook shelves (!) or crystal shelves of the brook . There are also: " from
Barn to Burnberry brook" ( only here we find two brooks in his book)
There is the adored river ( hydrophobic/dorophonic), but I have the
impression that brooks are more important still. Any idea on a hidden
meaning ( besides places for picnic, fights, lost cuff-links & condoms, or
getting cuffed?)
Jansy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 2:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: Martin Amis. BOLD to BALD in one move.
>
> Nabokov/Boyd-inspired passage from Martin Amis's 1995 novel THE
INFORMATION:
>
> "Daddy? Are you bold?"
> "I sometimes like to think so, yes, Marco."
> "Will you always be bold? <...> Have you always been bold? How did you get
> bold?"
> Richard closed his eyes. He dropped his pen on to the desktop and said,
"You
> mean bald. Go elsewhere Marco."
>
> Best,
> Sergey
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
----- End forwarded message -----
List about VN´s barns and burns in the "brooks" of Ardis.
I counted 20 brooks ( not counting the "burns" which, as I learned from
B.Boyd´s notes also mean "brook"), plus seven Malbrough and Malbrook.
We have typical "book or brook"; "bank of the brook"; "brink of the brook"
( three times); brooks linked to myosotis and its synonim, "forget-me-nots";
brook shelves (!) or crystal shelves of the brook . There are also: " from
Barn to Burnberry brook" ( only here we find two brooks in his book)
There is the adored river ( hydrophobic/dorophonic), but I have the
impression that brooks are more important still. Any idea on a hidden
meaning ( besides places for picnic, fights, lost cuff-links & condoms, or
getting cuffed?)
Jansy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 2:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: Martin Amis. BOLD to BALD in one move.
>
> Nabokov/Boyd-inspired passage from Martin Amis's 1995 novel THE
INFORMATION:
>
> "Daddy? Are you bold?"
> "I sometimes like to think so, yes, Marco."
> "Will you always be bold? <...> Have you always been bold? How did you get
> bold?"
> Richard closed his eyes. He dropped his pen on to the desktop and said,
"You
> mean bald. Go elsewhere Marco."
>
> Best,
> Sergey
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
----- End forwarded message -----