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Re: CHORB (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 16:19:56 -0300
From: BPHOLMES@ac.dal.ca
To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.BITNET
Subject: Re: CHORB
In my copy of Details of a Sunset, Nabokov introduces Chorb, in part, as
follows:
"I have skipped [in this translation] her mother's ponderous name and
patronymic "Varvara Klimovna," which would have meant nothing to my
Anglo-American readers."
Has anyone read the story in the original Russian? If so, could that
person please post what Nabokov means by this? What are English-language
readers missing in this story?
Best wishes,
Boyd Holmes
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 16:19:56 -0300
From: BPHOLMES@ac.dal.ca
To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.BITNET
Subject: Re: CHORB
In my copy of Details of a Sunset, Nabokov introduces Chorb, in part, as
follows:
"I have skipped [in this translation] her mother's ponderous name and
patronymic "Varvara Klimovna," which would have meant nothing to my
Anglo-American readers."
Has anyone read the story in the original Russian? If so, could that
person please post what Nabokov means by this? What are English-language
readers missing in this story?
Best wishes,
Boyd Holmes