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Vladimir Nabokov

adaptations Dec. 7, 2020

Queen’s Gambit’s Scott Frank and Anya Taylor-Joy Working on Nabokov AdaptationBased on the author’s 1932 novel, Laughter in the Dark.

By Halle Kiefer
Nov. 12, 2015

17 Reviews of Opening Lines of New BooksHow fair is it to judge a book by its opening? We’re doing it anyway.

By Christian Lorentzen

vulture lists Jan. 16, 2014

Schulz: The 5 Best Punctuation Marks in LiteratureGeorge Eliot’s em-dash — plus, T.S. Eliot’s ellipses … (not to mention Vladimir Nabokov’s parentheses).

By Kathryn Schulz
books Nov. 23, 2013

A Tale of Two LolitasMrs. Parker and the butterfly effect.

By Galya Diment
books Apr. 19, 2010

Read 50 of the Greatest Author vs. Author Insults“An enthusiasm for Poe is the mark of a decidedly primitive stage of reflection.”

By Edith Zimmerman
honoring the dead July 30, 2009

First Review: Unfinished Nabokov Novella Sort of a MessThe first review is in! “It would be a mistake for readers to come to this expecting anything resembling a novel.”

By Lane Brown
honoring the dead July 8, 2009

If Anyone Asks, You Read Playboy for the Unfinished Posthumous Novellas’Playboy’ has paid an outrageous sum of money for the serial rights to Vladmir Nabokov’s final, unfinished novella, for some inexplicable reason.

By Lane Brown