Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003979, Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:43:58 -0700

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VN on amazon.com (fwd)
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From: "Welch, Rodney" <RWelch@SCES.ORG>

Today's home-page for amazon.com is understandably devoted to VN; what is
less understandable to me is this opinion: "`The Gift' is the pinnacle of
his Russian phase, followed closely by `Despair' and `King, Queen, Knave.'"

I have no quarrel with "The Gift"; ranking "Despair" or "King, Queen, Knave"
over "The Defense" or "Invitation to a Beheading" is absurd.

Any opinions?

Rodney Welch
Columbia, SC