Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010182, Sun, 1 Aug 2004 19:04:14 -0700

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Re: TT-6 green & death . Julia Moore + Armande = Guilia Romeo
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EDNOTE. See Akiko's note at end.

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Date: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:22 AM +0900
From: Akiko Nakata <a-nakata@courante.plala.or.jp>
To: chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu
Subject: Re: TT-6 green & death


Dear Don,
I resend this. I think this is the one I have not seen. Thank you for
running the other one (query: Bellino's article).
Best, Akiko
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From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: TT-6 green & death


> ------------------
>
> > Throughout VNs'oeuvre green,
> > emerald, and death are linked with death. This NOT to say "green" is
> always
> > linked with death but sometimes is. Note the subsequent "reptile-green
> > ink"--nasty but not lethal.
>
> > D. Barton Johnson
> > NABOKV-L
> ---------------------------
> From Akiko
>
>
> Thank you Don, for clarifying the link between green and death. The
> "reptile-green ink" has no direct link to death here, but it might have in
> Ch. 14.
> HP volunteers to carry Armande's skis that are "weird-looking,
reptile-green
> things made of metal and fiberglass" (51). It is also another code between
> the
> hooker Giulia and Armande, and green and death, isn't it?
>
> Akiko
>
>
>
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> Akiko,
> Quite right. I hadn't noticed the skis. Could you be more specific
about
> the Giulia and green? Thanks, Don

Don,
I just meant: In HP's nightmare, Julia Moore and Armande appear as Giulia
Romeo, the dream name of the hooker HP met in Ch. 6. Armande, Julia and
Giulia are mingled there for the first time, but Giulia and Armande have
been secretly linked to each other by the color of repitle green, the color
of ink shown through the hooker's (Giulia's) handbag and that of Armande's
skis.

Best, Akiko



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