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I try to identify the referent pictures in N.'s
works. Re-reading Pnin
[for classes that
Steve Fix is giving at Williams College] and recollecting Shapiro's
abstract from the List
[Item #3402 (1 Oct
1998 12:14) - Re: Nabokov Festival abstracts: Sept. 10-12, 1989
], it struck me that Laurence Clements believes he
looks like van Eyck's Cardinal Paele, while the narrator states that
he, like several of his characters, has "Tvins". It follows
that one of these might be the author; the artist appearing in his
own canvas as van Eyck appears reflected in the armor of St. George.
Nabokov emphasizes that artful truth is to be found in reflections.
My concern is that the
suggestion below might be offensive, although I think the joke is
N.'s, not mine. -Sandy
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