@lisanjutras Here's the mystery. Scene very similar to one in Master&Margarita, which VN couldn't have read. M&M written 1928 published 1967
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@lisanjutras I could be totally wrong about this but I feel there is some hidden affinity going on.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@lisanjutras Likeliest thing is VN and Bulgakov were influenced by same people, which explains affinities.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@lisanjutras Sometimes in his imaginings of Russia, VN seems to echo Soviet writers he could not have read.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@lisanjutras Yeah, I think so too. Keep in mind this is a completely cockamamie theory which Nabokov scholars would laugh at.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@lisanjutras Going back to squirrels: I'm pretty sure Nabokov regularly gave his characters animal avatars & symbolic associates.
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