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From: cristian moraru <cmoraru@indiana.edu>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Cc: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
Subject: Re: Nabokov and hockey (fwd)
Don DeLillo's novel AMAZONS, AN INTIMATE MEMOIR BY THE FIRST WOMAN TO
PLAY IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, published under the pseudonym Cleo
Birdwell, is entirely about hockey, of course. To me, DeLillo (another
post-Nabokovian ironist) is a writer of "first order," I should add.
He has also written an earlier book, END ZONE, and is currenly working on a
novel on "sporting cultures," politics, and public icons.
Christian Moraru,
Indiana U
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITORIAL NOTE. In a fit of self-abasement, I run the following exchange
> revealing an embarassing gap in my command of VN's works.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> 1) On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 naiman@violet.berkeley.edu wrote:
>
> In light of the recent signing, it might be useful to recall that Nabokov
> is, I believe, the only novelist of the first order to include a hockey
> game in one of his novels. I would appreciate being corrected on this
> issue if I am wrong. How was Nabokov on ice? Did his goalkeeping ever
> extend that far?
> -----------------------------------
> 2) On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> > Dear Eric,
> > Is there actually an ice hockey game in VN work? If so, where?
> > BEst, DOn
>
> ------------------------------------
> 3) From naiman@violet.berkeley.edu Thu Mar 27 20:08:08 1997
> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:06:35 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: Nabokov and hockey
>
> Dear Don,
> Kamera obscura, where Max sees Gorn with Magda. I think Kretchmar's
> daughter catches the cold there that results in her death.
> best wishes,
> Eric
>
> Generally, sporting events don't seem to work in novels. I've never been
> a fan of that extended football game in Envy. Fortunately, Nabokov
> concentrates more on the crowd than on the game.
>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Cc: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
Subject: Re: Nabokov and hockey (fwd)
Don DeLillo's novel AMAZONS, AN INTIMATE MEMOIR BY THE FIRST WOMAN TO
PLAY IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, published under the pseudonym Cleo
Birdwell, is entirely about hockey, of course. To me, DeLillo (another
post-Nabokovian ironist) is a writer of "first order," I should add.
He has also written an earlier book, END ZONE, and is currenly working on a
novel on "sporting cultures," politics, and public icons.
Christian Moraru,
Indiana U
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
> EDITORIAL NOTE. In a fit of self-abasement, I run the following exchange
> revealing an embarassing gap in my command of VN's works.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> 1) On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 naiman@violet.berkeley.edu wrote:
>
> In light of the recent signing, it might be useful to recall that Nabokov
> is, I believe, the only novelist of the first order to include a hockey
> game in one of his novels. I would appreciate being corrected on this
> issue if I am wrong. How was Nabokov on ice? Did his goalkeeping ever
> extend that far?
> -----------------------------------
> 2) On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> > Dear Eric,
> > Is there actually an ice hockey game in VN work? If so, where?
> > BEst, DOn
>
> ------------------------------------
> 3) From naiman@violet.berkeley.edu Thu Mar 27 20:08:08 1997
> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:06:35 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: Nabokov and hockey
>
> Dear Don,
> Kamera obscura, where Max sees Gorn with Magda. I think Kretchmar's
> daughter catches the cold there that results in her death.
> best wishes,
> Eric
>
> Generally, sporting events don't seem to work in novels. I've never been
> a fan of that extended football game in Envy. Fortunately, Nabokov
> concentrates more on the crowd than on the game.
>