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for the record, both BP's novel and VN's Lolita were on the best seller list together. VN complained the book was not art. He may have been jealous.He esteemed BP as a poet.Were the book not smuggled out, I often wonder who would have rushed to read it today? It did create a sensation but was the work worthy of a Nobel Prize? VN can be perfectly free in whatever judgments he makes. The literary merit of works takes some time to appear more objectively after the rush to praise and judge has faded.
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From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@ATT.NET>
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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] pasternak
No - no time or energy left. But the information is in a book by Volkov entitled Magical Chorus. Basically he claims that VN was envious of Pasternak because he, P., got the Nobel Prize that he, VN, coveted.
I linked this to other pet peeves of VN's including the truly great physician, musician and musicologist Albert Schweitzer, another N P winner that VN chose to loathe. I'm sure you can find them in the archives - try Nobel Pasternak Schweitzer - that should get you there.
I am going to protest to our Mr ED about turning off the Pasternak spigot just when we have reached this very interesting juncture ... if I can pull myself together, that is!
thanks,
Carolyn
On Aug 5, 2012, at 10:36 AM, John Morris wrote:
Hope you don’t mind my reaching out to you offline. I was interested in your reference to a Nabokov listserv post you’d written about VN and Pasternak’s Nobel. I tried to find it in the archive but I am really hopeless at that sort of thing. Do you suppose you could kindly pass it on to me? Many thanks…
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John Morris
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@ATT.NET>
To: NABOKV-L <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Sun, Aug 5, 2012 8:49 pm
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] pasternak
No - no time or energy left. But the information is in a book by Volkov entitled Magical Chorus. Basically he claims that VN was envious of Pasternak because he, P., got the Nobel Prize that he, VN, coveted.
I linked this to other pet peeves of VN's including the truly great physician, musician and musicologist Albert Schweitzer, another N P winner that VN chose to loathe. I'm sure you can find them in the archives - try Nobel Pasternak Schweitzer - that should get you there.
I am going to protest to our Mr ED about turning off the Pasternak spigot just when we have reached this very interesting juncture ... if I can pull myself together, that is!
thanks,
Carolyn
On Aug 5, 2012, at 10:36 AM, John Morris wrote:
Hope you don’t mind my reaching out to you offline. I was interested in your reference to a Nabokov listserv post you’d written about VN and Pasternak’s Nobel. I tried to find it in the archive but I am really hopeless at that sort of thing. Do you suppose you could kindly pass it on to me? Many thanks…
Best,
John Morris
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