Re: great minds think alike
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:20:56 +1000
> i'm not suggesting that salinger was influenced by nabokov (though he may
have
> been, the first english translation of Despair came out in 1937. i don't
know
> about his other works.). i'm just pointing out what i consider an
interesting
> coincidence of great literary minds thinking alike.
A little while ago we were discussing the fact that yes, in fact Nabokov
was fond of Salinger's work, and even chose one of his stories to read out
at a seminar as one of his favourite works (and no, I don't know which one
- I was hoping someone would help me with that, that's why I posted!). Have
you read `Pale Fire' by any chance? Because we were also talking about the
similarities between John Shade and Seymour. Boy oh boy, imagine if
Salinger and Nabokov had collaborated on something. *That* would have been
something to read!
Camille
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