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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how are his other books? I loved Lolita but was equally disturbed and didn't feel ready for more.
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Utterly astonishing, every one. Part of the point is that they’re disturbing, of course.
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Loved Lolita. Should Pale Fire be next?
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Hard to say! Pale Fire is an experiment in form: a metatextual setting unfolded through the extensive web of annotations surrounding a poem. Ada is more straightforwardly a novel, if that’s what you’re looking for, with a bunch of play with time/perception in the form.
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Both of those things sound torturous tbh but I guess the prose will make it worthwhile?
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Hah, maybe! Give it a shot and let me know :)