Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002850, Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:14:16 -0800

Subject
Re: VN and Andrej Bitov (fwd)
Date
Body
From: Victoria S Vainer <vainervi@pilot.msu.edu>

> From: Ulrike Goldschweer <goldsub3@mailhost.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

> of SIRI(N)-NABOKOV, a conclusion furthered by another anagram
> in the first story of the cycle (Vid neba Troi/The sky above Troia),
> namely V. VAN-BOOK, and by many other details throughout the stories.

There are actually at least two anagrams in this story, the second (better,
first) being the very title of it - one of the finest possible anagrams of
Bitov's name, given how small the resourses are.
I doubt that it has escaped Ulrike's attention, but just in case...

Victoria