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Nabokov's admirers: G. Perec
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The list of Nabokov's admirers should include the French writer Georges
Perec (1926-1982) who mentioned Nabokov as one his models in many
interviews and quotes him in La Vie mode d'emploi (Life a User's
manual).
Quotations from Lolita, Pale Fire, and Sebastian Knight are listed in
Cahier des charges de La vie Mode d'emploi (Paris, CNRS/Zulma, 1993).
Mireille Ribiere
The Bungalow
1-3 Derby Road
Heaton Moor
Stockport SK4 4 NE
Tel. 00 44 161 442 4868
Fax 00 44 161 442 4545
e-mail: mireilleribiere@compuserve.com
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EDITOR's NOTE. And let us not forget Jean La Hogue who has "rewritten
several Nabokov works. See Jeff Edmunds translation of sucvh a story and
the M Sirvent article on La Hogue in an early issue of NABOKOV STUDIES.
Also, members of OULIPO, the experimental French writers group (of which
Perec was one) often cite Nabokov who was am honorary member. Jane
GrAyson has written about VN's ties with the group.
The list of Nabokov's admirers should include the French writer Georges
Perec (1926-1982) who mentioned Nabokov as one his models in many
interviews and quotes him in La Vie mode d'emploi (Life a User's
manual).
Quotations from Lolita, Pale Fire, and Sebastian Knight are listed in
Cahier des charges de La vie Mode d'emploi (Paris, CNRS/Zulma, 1993).
Mireille Ribiere
The Bungalow
1-3 Derby Road
Heaton Moor
Stockport SK4 4 NE
Tel. 00 44 161 442 4868
Fax 00 44 161 442 4545
e-mail: mireilleribiere@compuserve.com
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EDITOR's NOTE. And let us not forget Jean La Hogue who has "rewritten
several Nabokov works. See Jeff Edmunds translation of sucvh a story and
the M Sirvent article on La Hogue in an early issue of NABOKOV STUDIES.
Also, members of OULIPO, the experimental French writers group (of which
Perec was one) often cite Nabokov who was am honorary member. Jane
GrAyson has written about VN's ties with the group.