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Vera Slonim's first meeting with Vladimir Nabokov, one spring evening on a bridge in Berlin, set the scene for their subsequent relationship. Young, slim, with sparkling blue eyes, a translucent complexion and a mane of wavy hair, Vera enchanted the novice poet by wearing a black satin mask...
aEdmund Wilson did write a letter (April) in which he represents himself as doubled up on the floor "exsufflicate with cachinnation"over Nabokov's use of the word byre. Edmund威尔逊写了一封信 () 他在对词byre的地板“exsufflicate与cachinnation " Nabokov的用途代表自己如被加倍的4月。[tra...
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Similarly, though I find it harder to read Martin Amis’s novels than I used to (just changing taste, not because I think they are less good), I love the collections of his articles, especially The War Against Cliché and Visiting Mrs Nabokov. I already go on about Orwell too much, ...
Similarly, though I find it harder to read Martin Amis’s novels than I used to (just changing taste, not because I think they are less good), I love the collections of his articles, especially The War Against Cliché and Visiting Mrs Nabokov. I already go on about Orwell too much, ...
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Similarly, though I find it harder to read Martin Amis’s novels than I used to (just changing taste, not because I think they are less good), I love the collections of his articles, especially The War Against Cliché and Visiting Mrs Nabokov. I already go on about Orwell too much, ...