Nabokov On Other Writers

Nabokov On Other Writers. Five... historic London writers, bitchily critiqued by Vladimir Nabokov Perhaps most famous for his novel, Lolita, Nabokov was also a world-renowned expert on butterflies, so much so that in the 1940s he became curator of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology's. 10 April] 1899 [a] - 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Владимир Сирин), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.

His own, primarily—when asked about the function of his editor, he sniffed: "By 'editor' I suppose you mean proofreader"—but as a close second (what else could Vladimir Nabokov, who generally regarded Dostoevsky as a "rather mediocre" writer called The Double "the best thing he ever wrote," saying that it is "a perfect work of art." I'm a huge admirer of Nabokov, but his literary criticism is basically 4chan-tier contrarianism.

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In general when one writer says snotty things about another, it can simply mean, "I don't see anything here that I can use." As for this list, it is worth mentioning that Nabokov wrote a short book on Gogol, and gives him about 50 pages in the Lectures on Russian Literature . His own, primarily—when asked about the function of his editor, he sniffed, "By 'editor' I suppose you mean proofreader"—but as a close second (what else could it be): everybody else's Self-described as "an American author, born in Russia, educated in England, [who] studied French texts", Vladimir Nabokov is one of the most remarkable figures of 20 th century literature

Details of a Sunset and Other Stories Vladimir Nabokov First Edition. 10 April] 1899 [a] - 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Владимир Сирин), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Self-described as "an American author, born in Russia, educated in England, [who] studied French texts", Vladimir Nabokov is one of the most remarkable figures of 20 th century literature

Details of a Sunset and Other Stories Vladimir Nabokov First Edition. Savaging a restaurant is usually pathetic, firstly because restaurant quality is so much higher, in general, than novel quality, and secondly, because a restaurant fucks up your meal, they steal at max 2.5hrs of your life, whereas a bad novel can. Nabokov's opinions are sometimes blatant and at other times subtle.