Nabokov
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what lesser known/discussed works by V Nabokov would you guys recommend? i recently read Mary (Mashenka) and King, Queen, Knave, both in trans. i preferred the former. the latter seemed to be a glorious hit and miss, a spectacular failure. it has actually turned me off to reading the rest of his Russian novels. well, for a brief while. i've already read Lolita, Pnin, and Pale Fire.
>>8255593
can you comment on Pnin?
>>8255613
i can't comment on Pnin with any authority or even insight since it has been nearly a decade since i read it. i was planning to go back to it after a few more of his older works, or maybe latter ones. thinking Speak, Memory and Ada or Ardor next. that is, unless another one catches my fancy.
>>8255593
Laughter in the Dark was ok. Sort of like a less self-involved Lolita.
>>8255593
invitation to a beheading senpai. it;'s my personal fav and nabokov himself considered it his finest work (this was pre pale fire and ada)
>>8255727
Can confirm, reading it right now and it's great.
>>8255745
Also just read the eye. It's very short, but has an interesting concept and is pretty funny.
>>8255675
I read Ada about 4-5 years agro and it has gained the al time favorite prize for me, no contenders. It just has so much beauty! Go with that.
I know what you mean about Pnin. It's frustrating to realize that, most of the times, if you read a book ten years agro, it's pretty much the same as never having read it at all
>>8255613
pnin is beautiful and heartwarming
