Within the centenary 12 months of Nabokov's delivery, 11 of the world's most advantageous Nabokov students supply unique essays at the author and his fiction. They disguise a huge variety of subject matters and methods, from shut readings of significant texts to penetrating discussions of the connection among Nabokov's own ideals and reviews and his artwork. there's a first glimpse at a lately released paintings, The Tragedy of Mr. Morn, and a clean viewpoint on Nabokov's most renowned novel, Lolita.
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