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From: Steve McCann <firekatt@eskimo.com>
Interesting article from the original publisher of "LOL"ita in the Evergreen
Review:
"...decided to celebrate Nabokov's arrival in this conquered city with one
of their traditional cocktail parties. I learned that a heated debate had
taken place...My conflict with Nabokov was so notorious that some unpleasant
incident was bound to happen...in the end caution prevailed...But Monique
Grall, Gallimard's P.R. lady, thought it would be amusing to transgress that
decision...She sent me an invitation..."
http://www.evergreenreview.com/articles/maurice.html
Interesting article from the original publisher of "LOL"ita in the Evergreen
Review:
"...decided to celebrate Nabokov's arrival in this conquered city with one
of their traditional cocktail parties. I learned that a heated debate had
taken place...My conflict with Nabokov was so notorious that some unpleasant
incident was bound to happen...in the end caution prevailed...But Monique
Grall, Gallimard's P.R. lady, thought it would be amusing to transgress that
decision...She sent me an invitation..."
http://www.evergreenreview.com/articles/maurice.html