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1、VladimirNabokovBendSinisterIntroduction_BendSinister__wasthefirstnovelIwroteinAmerica,andthatwashalfadozenyearsaftersheandIhadadoptedeachother.Thegreaterpartofthebookwascomposedinthewinterandspringof1945-1946,ataparticularlycloudlessandvigorousperiodoflife.Myhealthwas
2、excellent.Mydailyconsumptionofcigaretteshadreachedthefour-packagemark.Isleptatleastfourorfivehours,therestofthenightwalkingpencilinhandaboutthedingylittleflatinCraigieCircle,Cambridge,Massachusetts,whereIlodgedunderanoldladywithfeetofstoneandaboveayoungwomanwithhypers
3、ensitivehearing.EverydayincludingSundays,Iwouldspendupto10hoursstudyingthestructureofcertainbutterfliesinthelaboratorialparadiseoftheHarvardMuseumofComparativeZoology;butthreetimesaweekIstayedthereonlytillnoonandthentoremyselfawayfrommicroscopeandcameralucidatotravelt
4、oWellesley(bytramandbus,orsubwayandrailway),whereItaughtcollegegirlsRussiangrammarandliterature.Thebookwasfinishedonawarmrainynight,moreorlessasdescribedattheendofChapterEighteen.Akindfriend,EdmundWilson,readthetypescriptandrecommendedthebooktoAllenTate,whohadHoltpubl
5、ishitin1947.Iwasdeeplyimmersedinotherlaborsbutnonethelessmanagedtodiscernthedullthuditmade.Praises,asfarasIcanrecall,rangoutonlyintwoweeklies--Timeand_TheNewYorker,__Ithink.Theterm'bendsinister'meansaheraldicbarorbanddrawnfromtheleftside(andpopularly,butincorrectly,su
6、pposedtodenotebastardy).Thischoiceoftitlewasanattempttosuggestanoutlinebrokenbyrefraction,adistortioninthemirrorofbeing,awrongturntakenbylife,asinistralandsinisterworld.Thetitle'sdrawbackisthatasolemnreaderlookingfor'generalideas'or'humaninterest'(whichismuchthesameth
7、ing)inanovelmaybeledtolookfortheminthisone.Thereexistfewthingsmoretediousthanadiscussionofgeneralideasinflictedbyauthororreaderuponaworkoffiction.Thepurposeofthisforewordisnottoshowthat_BendSinister__belongsordoesnotbelongto'seriousliterature'(whichisaeuphemismfortheh
8、ollowprofundityandtheever-welcomecommonplace).Ihaveneverbeeninterestedinwhatiscalledtheliteratureofsocialcomment(injournalis
