On s'en ira en Italie #562

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) American Writer, in Rome, November 18, 1959 With his Wife Vera (b/w photo).

[Vladimir Nabokov, le 2 juillet 1977 clic-clic, Laurent Terzieff et Hemingway sinon, James Stewart et Ubu aussi.]

Composers doing normal shit #23

Sergei Prokofiev lying in bed with Nicolas Nabokov.

[Sergueï Prokofiev, le 5 mars 1953. Djougachvili, sinon, Yip Harburg, Max Jacob et Francesc Català Roca. Pour le reste des chansons clic-clic, c'est jour de fête.]

Balnéaire #128 (en Italie #430)

American actress Sue Lyon, who plays the character of Dolores Haze in the film Lolita, pictured wearing a striped strapless bikini on the Lido beach at the Venice Film Festival in Italy in summer 1962. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images). 

 

[Suellyn Lyon, Sue, le 26 décembre 2019. Howard Hawks, sinon, Weegee, Louise de Vilmorin, Echenoz, de jolies chansons clic-clic et la Saint-Étienne.]

Dans les livres #222

Les années passent, mon amie, et bientôt personne ne saura ce que toi et moi savons.

[Vladimir Nabokov, le 2 juillet 1977 clic-clic, Laurent Terzieff et Hemingway sinon, Ubu aussi.]

Relance de la consommation

[Robert Altman, sinon, Marcel Dalio, clic-clic, Don DeLillo, un an de plus, Durruti & Durutti, Sciascia aussi et des chansons, comme à la radio - un jour on va réparer ça.]

Ping-pong #18

[Vladimir Nabokov, le 2 juillet 1977 clic-clic, Laurent Terzieff et Hemingway sinon, Ubu aussi.]

On the set #132

Carl Mydans: Author Vladimir Nabokov (in mirror) dictating while wife Vera types. Ithaca, NY, 1958.

[Vladimir Nabokov et Madame clic-clic, Laurent Terzieff et Hemingway sinon, Ubu aussi.]

On the set #98 (la Sainte-Dolorès encore)

Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers et Shelley Winters sur le tournage de Lolita. © Joe Pearce

[Le 15 septembre clic-clic. Pour le reste, Notre-Dame des Douleurs toujours, Murat, Aragon et Blue Belle.]

La Sainte-Dolorès (on the set #19)

[Le 15 septembre. Pour le reste clic-clic, Notre-Dame des Douleurs toujours, Murat, Aragon et Blue Belle.]

Rust and stardust

[Vladimir Nabokov,† le 2 juillet 1977 - et Madame clic-clic. Hemingway sinon, Ubu aussi.]

La Saint-Humbert #2

[Soylent Green aussi, pour Richard Fleischer, Humbert Humbert déjà et Selby Jr clic-clic.]

Des journées entières dans les livres #105

She has been described as an intensely private person — more private, even, than her husband. She has formidable self-possession, certainly, and would, you feel, be hard on any folly or impertinence on the part of an outsider. As our conversation went on, and remained pretty cautious and general, I felt a mild unease growing in Mrs Nabokov - as if she would inevitably have to repulse some grossly personal query ("Mrs Nabokov, did you ever meet the real Lolita ?"). Eventually, she said :

- These questions you will ask. Where are these questions ?

- Well, there were one or two things, I said. Your husband dedicated all his books to you, every one. That's very unusual, isn't it ?

- Is it ? ... What should I answer ? We had a very unusual relationship. But that you knew before you asked. Anything else ?

- Was he - was he great fun ? I asked helplessly. Were there lots of jokes ? Did you laugh a lot ?

- Oh, yes. His humour was delightful. He was delightful, said Mrs Nabokov. But that you knew too.

[Vladimir Nabokov,† le 2 juillet 1977. Hemingway sinon, ou Ubu tout content clic-clic.]