1. I have this completely cockamamie theory about Nabokov which no one is going to buy but this is twitter, so I'll put it forward.
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9. So in his imaginings of Russia, Nabokov was also reaching out in his mind to a suppressed literature that he didn't read, couldn't read.
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10. Like I said, this is completely cockamamie but imaginatively Nabokov was able to form affinities with a book he couldn't read.
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@HeerJeet Lolita: Humbert is nostalgic, but for a time (his childhood) rather than a place (Russia)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Like Rushdie?!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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