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Re: "Transparent Things: centenarian's fruit" (fwd)
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EDITOR'S NOTE. Dieter Zimmer and Joseph Piercy have pretty much pealed
the orange, but is there actually "a centurion's fruit"?
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From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
Is it not possible, or even plausible, that yes, Nabokov was quite aware
of the "centurian's" orange but was making one of his typical linguistic
jokes? Just add a syllable and change a vowel and a symbol of sexual
appetite and vigor becomes that of toothlessness and impotence. To me
this is a very Nabokovian thing to do.
Galya Diment
the orange, but is there actually "a centurion's fruit"?
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From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
Is it not possible, or even plausible, that yes, Nabokov was quite aware
of the "centurian's" orange but was making one of his typical linguistic
jokes? Just add a syllable and change a vowel and a symbol of sexual
appetite and vigor becomes that of toothlessness and impotence. To me
this is a very Nabokovian thing to do.
Galya Diment