Re: Nabokov.
patrick flaherty (pfkw@email.msn.com)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:30:37 -0400
Let's not dismiss Sting's literary knowledge too quickly. I remember
hearing or reading somewhere that he was once an English teacher. Am I
dreaming, or has anyone else heard this?
Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com>
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: Nabokov.
>> Can anyone tell me which book Sting (of the
>> Police) refers to in "Don't Stand So Close To Me" when he says:
>>
>> "It's no use
>> He sees her
>> He starts to shake and cough
>> Just like the
>> Old man in
>> That book by Nabokov."
>
>I thought this was one of those `The Ants Are My Friends' by Bob Dylan
>dealies, when I first read it (: I think Matthew's right, Humbert Humbert
>would
>certainly fit in with the theme of the song, although I don't remember him
>doing any coughing. Although I guess at a stretch it could be Pnin (but I
>don't know that Sting knows that much about Russio-American literature)
>
>To give you an idea of the government us Australians are living in at
>the moment, the Prime Minister said in an interview this week (there are
>many at the moment as there's a goddamned election on at the moment - and
>yes, in Australia, voting is *compulsory*) that he
>likes Bob Dylan - but only the music. He doesn't care much for the
>lyrics!?! (: or should that be 0;!
>
>And you Yanks thought you had problems! (:
>
>Camille
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