finely crafted little gem. "Natasha" (Nabokov)

[Pure]

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/06/09/080609fi_fiction_nabokov?printable=true

comments? (it's not long).

 

[Stella_Omega]

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/06/09/080609fi_fiction_nabokov?printable=true

comments? (it's not long).

thanks, Pure.

 

[Epmd607]

Hey, anyone know any new info about The Original of Laura? It was supposed to be published this year, has it? Nabokov wanted it destroyed, I don't see why it wouldn't be interesting to read, a novel in progress.


Edit: I just preordered it at amazon, it comes out Nov 17. Strange how information travels.

 

[Epmd607]

Gogol and Flaubert would probably lose their sh*t if they knew the second parts of Dead Souls and Bouvard were being put out with their life's work.

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

Meh. I'm not that keen on Nabokov.

 

[Pure]

"Original" is only about 50 pp., and apparently rather incomplete. I guess it's for the true scholars who want to see 'work in progress'. it only exists on a hundred or so index cards; N would put such cards in desired order before the final draft.

 

[Pure]

come on people

a well crafted story by a famous author.

can't anyone be bothered to read it.?

is this solely a forum for debating whether the 'gubmint' is evil.?

 

[Darkniciad]

is this solely a forum for debating whether the 'gubmint' is evil.?

I honestly can't believe that I just read that.

 

[Epmd607]

I'll talk to you about it, what is your starting point? I love Nabokov, even if he does describe butteflies and chess situations in everything he writes. I don't like butterflies, chess, skippers, or moths. I got the complete New Yorker, I've been reading a bunch of short stories, I'm not really big on short stories.

 

[driphoney]

Okay. I read it. Not sure what to say.