InCounter ArtsbyAlejandro Orradre·6d agoThree Is a CrowdNabokov plays with the thriller genre, infusing it with heavy doses of satire, sarcasm, and dark humor — elements that would become the…
InClose ReadingsbyGrace de Oliveira·Aug 29Vladimir Nabokov: Speak, MemoryFor a book with the word “memory” in its title, I am more than a little taken aback early on in his autobiography with, as Nabokov himself…A response icon1A response icon1
Grace de Oliveira·Aug 7Revisiting Nabokov’s Speak, MemoryThe Creative Imagination and the Uses of Memory
Carolina Matos nos Livros·Jul 24RESENHA: Lolita — Vladmir NabokovImpactante, polêmico e incômodo, esses podem ser alguns adjetivos para caracterizar o livro Lolita. Uma obra que narra, sob a ótica do…
Matthew rapaport·Jul 17Book Review: Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovLolita came first and has a moral arc like almost every example in the literary canon. Pale Fire does not have any moral arc that I can…A response icon1A response icon1
Boris (Bruce) Kriger·Jul 8The Bliss of Precision: Nabokov and the Cost of UnseeingWe praise Vladimir Nabokov for seeing the world more sharply than anyone alive. This book asks what that sharpness cost — and whether such…
InHooked on Booksbyfolivora·May 24How Does the Language of Nabokov’s “Invitation to a Beheading” Expose the Totalitarian State?A violin in a void
Sophia Viana·Apr 3Why Nabokov hated Freud and Lolita as a critique of psychoanalysisIt’s probaby no news to avid Vladimir Nabokov readers that the writer detested Freud, with Nabokov referring to him as the ‘Viennese quack’…A response icon1A response icon1
Ulia Kulia·Mar 12The Privilege of DistanceIn research, distance is often praised as a guarantee of objectivity. But is distance truly a virtue?
