{"id":434632,"date":"2020-09-10T17:42:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=434632"},"modified":"2020-09-10T17:42:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:42:17","slug":"tmr-13-1-all-happy-families-ada-or-ardor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2020\/09\/10\/tmr-13-1-all-happy-families-ada-or-ardor\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 13.1 \u201cAll Happy Families\u201d [ADA, OR ARDOR]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chad and Brian try their best to unpack the first three chapters of Vladimir Nabokov’s\u00a0Ada, or Ardor<\/em>, in an attempt to find some solid footing for this sci-fi (?), ambitious, reference-laded masterwork of one of the greatest writers of our times. Lots of questions about where we are (Terra or Anti-Terra?); mirrors; the relationship between text, footnotes, and parenthetical comments; the L disaster and “thank Log”; Nabokovian verbs; Anna Karenina<\/em> and Wuthering Heights<\/em>; and much more. It’s a fun way to kick off this season, encapsulating the joy and confusion of reading a Nabokov book for the first time.<\/p>\n

There are a surprising amount of songs with “Nabokov” in the title. Not sure if any of them are actually good, but here’s “Nabokov’s Butterfly<\/a>” by Hailey Wojcik.<\/p>\n

If you’d prefer to watch<\/em> the conversation, you can find it on YouTube<\/a> along with all our past episodes<\/a>. You can watch episode 2 live next Wednesday<\/a> where you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions, make comments, or correct inaccurate statments.<\/p>\n

Follow Open Letter,<\/a> Chad Post,<\/a> and Brian Wood<\/a> for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.<\/p>\n

Be sure to order Brian’s book, Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is now officially available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions.<\/p>\n

You can also support this podcast and\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter’s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The large image<\/a> associated with this post is copyrighted by Bjorn<\/a>.<\/p>\n