Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0024185, Tue, 7 May 2013 10:28:21 -0300

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Re: Responses from Mary re: cat and muscat
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Mary Efremov: muscat grape refers to the smelly seed of the gingko, shed in november

Jansy Mello: Interesting! I thought it referred to the yellow-pink kind of muscat grapes, not the smell. I was focusing on color and forgetting that Nabokov was extremely aware of details and precision and the comparison, by color, ignores the green, violet and dark muscat grapes. Nabokov's synesthetic abilities invite readers to "see" the world by sound, smell, touch, motion instead of only shapes and color!

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