Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011438, Sun, 1 May 2005 05:10:01 -0700

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Fwd: a question about LATH!
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Dear Nabokovians,

At the very end of the book (the last page):
+Reverse motion is used in films only for comic effects - the resurrection of a
smashed bottle of beer -
Or rum,' I put in, and here the bell tinkled.

The question is: WHY RUM?
Can it be an English-Russian word play: RUM -- ROM (rus) -- ROMAN (rus. for
novel)? Or this is farfetched?

Sincerely,
Julia Bogatikova,
St. Petersburg

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