Nabokov

Noun

Meaning

United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977)

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Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct. Dean Koontz

Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You could learn something from Nabokov on every page he ever wrote. Donald E. Westlake

Nabokov is more like a master swordsmith making a fine blade; nothing is amiss, nothing is too much, there is no fuss, and the finished product must be handled with great care, or it will cut you badly. Robertson Davies

Of all the writers I have read, Vladimir Nabokov has made the biggest impression on me because he, despite living through the 1917 February Revolution, forced exile amidst the anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, the two World Wars and quite a lot of controversy, was an author who never gave up. Ashwin Sanghi

I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me. Zadie Smith

As a bilingual master, he has been compared to Joseph Conrad ; Nabokov, however, disliked both the comparison and Conrad's work. Source: Internet

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