Nabokov advice please: what should I read next after Lolita, Ada, Pale Fire, and Speak Memory? Opinions on his short stories? I haven’t explored them yet.
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Sounds like Pnin is the popular vote, although this also strikes me as good advice: twitter.com/RichWill1972/s
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Pnin was outstanding—thanks everybody. So striking to read Nabokov being… silly? But still quite poignant! "It was the world that was absent-minded and it was Pnin whose business it was to set it straight." 😍 Next up: Invitation…
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The Real Life Tale of Sebastian Knight is good, and interesting bc it's his first novel in english.
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Happily/sadly they all are....
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"A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is a rereader." -- Nabokov
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I haven't explored all his writing but just read laughter in the dark and really enjoyed it
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Pnin! I also think “The Defense” is underrated but that may just be my chess obsession. For the short stories the ones in “Nabokov’s Dozen” are good and “Spring in Yalts” is a favorite.
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