Dear Piers Smith,

Apart from obviouse artistic value of TOOL, personally, I love the correlation between the content and the title, as do others. I'm not sure how familiar you may be with Nabokov's writings, but every book of his is a big surprise.
Best wishes,

Vladimir Mylnikov

From: piers smith <piersmsmith@YAHOO.CO.UK>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Wed, December 9, 2009 8:58:44 AM
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Laura Number One in Russia

How does that follow?

Also, if I may, the gloss of production—design, detachable cards, heft, etc—seems to have subtended the product. Indeed, what is The Original of Laura? Only a product? And what has happened to the rest of the work, as a result? (The Vintage re-issues underscore this plaint.)

Am I now to read VN as artist or artificer? As a literary version of Warhol or Madonna. Or something else?
Piers Smith

From: NABOKV-L <NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Sun, 6 December, 2009 5:32:35
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Laura Number One in Russia

Robert H. Boyle writes:

Despite his father's wish that the The Original of Laura be consigned to flames, DN's exultant email reporting the extraordinarily successful sales in Russia proves yet again that he was right in deciding The Lady's Not for Burning.

RHB

Vladimir Mylnikov writes:

Great! There are some intelligent people in Russia. but again, thank you, Dimitry Vladimirovich, to expose that.

Best to all, Vladimir Mylnikov

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