Nabokov's The Original of Laura, which comes out in November
Tom Send a noteboard - 24/09/2009 03:46:07 AM
I know that he wanted it destroyed, and that his son probably has purely commercial reasons for allowing the book to be published, but the idea of a "new" Nabokov book after all this time is just intriguing.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Which book(s) are you most looking forward to
- 23/09/2009 09:55:34 PM
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Nabokov's The Original of Laura, which comes out in November
- 24/09/2009 03:46:07 AM
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Rothfuss, and I'm a big RJ fan and a somewhat GRRM fan but tNotW was very good. *NM*
- 24/09/2009 11:47:15 PM
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