Vladimir Nabokov. Un poeta olvidado : Клуб изучающих испанский языкVladimir Nabokov. Un poeta olvidado
Vladimir Nabokov. A FORGOTTEN POET
audience, as he sat there on his unseemly pedestal (with its rotatory potentialities hinted at by a recurrent creaking), opening his spectacle case and breathing fishlike upon his glasses, perfectly calm and comfortable, his venerable head, shabby black clothes, and elastic-sided boots simultaneously suggesting the needy Russian professor and the prosperous Russian undertaker.
The chairman went up to the lectern and launched upon his introductory speech. Whisperings rippled all over the audience, for people were naturally curious to know who the old fellow was. Firmly bespec-t acled, with his hands on his knees, he peered sideways at the portrait, then turned away from it and inspected