This photo reminds me that in the interview a link to which Jansy so kindly profered in the discussion about how to pronounce Lolita, Vera and VN are playing chess in English! was that for the (French) interviewer? Why not play in French, then? or Russian? Do you suppose that in private they actually spoke English together? His English by the way was so sweet, intimate and charming - I was amazed that he allowed it to be filmed.

Carolyn

On Nov 13, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Robert Boyle wrote:

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We decided to hold our review of "Nabokov in America," published in June, to time with the publication of Nabokov's collected "Letters to Véra," reviewed on our cover by Martin Amis, in order to provide a broad portrait of the author. Daphne Merkin opens her incisive essay about the first book with the question, "Who would have thought there'd be more to say about Vladimir Nabokov?" We hope our reviews of these two books will make the answer clear.
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