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Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:41:37 +0300
From: Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@mail.ru>
Reply-To: Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@mail.ru>
Subject: winds going free in ADA
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
I thought that those winds that circulate in Ada (mainly, thanks to Ben Wright,
or "Bengal Ben" as the servants call him, the coachman at Ardis in 1884) blew
from Zola's novel "La terre" (1887). A character in it, who was dubbed by his
fellow-villagers Jesus Christ, is famous for his "farts." A great lover of
wines, he can do wonders with his "aeolean" instrument. He often plays it at
the request of his little daughter (or niece, I don't remember exactly) and
sometimes he even plays duettoes with her. Paradoxically, he is one of the very
few likeable characters in Zola's much too naturalistic novel.
About further parallels between ADA and "La terre" see my note "A Window onto
Terra" in the latest issue of The Nabokovian (Fall 2004).
Alexey Sklyarenko
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EDNOTE. For those wishing to get deeper into the topic, see Publisher [U.S. :
s.n., 1998]
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2 Details/Locations Author Nohain, Jean.
Uniform Title [ Petomane, 1857-1945. English]
Title Le Petomane, 1857-1945 / by Jean Nohain and F. Caradec. [Translation
by Warren Tute.
Publisher Los Angeles : Sherbourne Press, [1968].
Format Book
Library SRLF UCLA UCI UCSB
3 Details/Locations Author Nohain, Jean.
Title Le pétomane au Moulin-Rouge / Jean Nohain, François Caradec.
Publisher Paris : Mazarine, 2000.
Format Book
Library UCB
I am proud to note that a copy of item 2 is in my home library.