Nabokov objected to describing his novel as a political pamphlet. The writer considered the ‘Invitation to a Beheading’ his best work and his“only poem in prose”.Whatever you call it, one thing is certain: It’s a timeless masterpiece about the tyranny of triviality (or, rather...
Shakespeare ranked as one of Nabokov’s three favorite writers (the others: himself and Pushkin), and the Bard’s plays make an appearance in more than one book by Nabokov, including the novelPale Fire, whose title was provided byTimon of Athensandperhaps even byHamletitself. From the ninete...