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Originally Posted by grindy
Nabokov is my favourite author.
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^ Really? I came to my conclusions about those other novels when I was about 20, so perhaps my ideas are due for a revision. I think I tried "Speak, Memory" too, which, being an autobiog, I expected to enjoy but didn't for some reason.
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Although his earlier Russian writings are probably almost untranslatable. What he did with the Russian language was and still is unparalleled.
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^ yep, I can believe that: he was a real master of style.