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Hey /lit/, what do you think of Vladamir Nabokov? I've only read Pale Fire (it was an interesting idea but I wasn't really immersed), and I've heard pretty disparaging comments about Lolita so I was wondering what you guys thought about him in general

Either Nabokov, Joyce, Wallace or Pynchon for dean and assistant dean.

Whose prose style is your favorite?

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What does /lit/ think of Nabokov's "Ada"? I haven't read any Russian lit outside of Chekov (I write short stories a lot so I try to read as many as I can, and Chekov's the master) and I'm about to start reading it as soon as I get my copy in the mail later. Is it a good book to start russian lit on?

>tfw you will never have artistic fluency in three languages and translate your own novels

How the hell does one go from Nabokov's playful and entertaining prose to the dry vaseline-desperate prose of every other writer on earth?

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ITT we pretend to be writers if they lived in current times and went to /lit/.

So /lit/ my idea for a novel is about this pedophile who falls in love with a 12 year old girl and marries her mom to stay close to her, but I don't want it to be an obvious send up nor to feel like it's patronizing.

Hey /lit/

Looking for a good book on the craft of writing. I know there's a ton of books on how to write for profit and such, but I'm looking for some more on the art of it.

BEST CHECK YOSELF CAUSE IT'S VLADIMIR NABOKOV
YALL CAN'T PLEASE REAL WOMEN, I CAN GET LITTLE GIRLS OFF
BEFORE THEY PUBESCENT WITH THEIR CUTE NASCENT DICTION
MY MULTILINGUAL PUNS AND MY VAST ERUDITION
CHECK JUST ONE OF MY STORIES, THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH
FIRST LETTER EACH WORD, IT'LL SPELL OUT YOUR DEATH
I'M THE MASTER OF FORM, HERE TO SHOW YOU YOUR FEARS
THAT TRICK I JUST PULLED, JUST ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS
I FLY LIKE A BUTTERFLY MY STEED OF THE DEED
I BUT A POEM IN A NOVEL SO YOU CAN READ WHILE YOU READ
CHESS MASTER OF PROSE WITH MY PAL LUZHIN'S DEFENSE
WROTE IN TWO TONGUES AND IN EACH ONE INTENSE
CROSS ME JUST ONCE AND I'LL MAKE YA BEND SINISTER
AND I'LL FUCK UP YOU MOM AND I WON'T EVEN KISS HER
THAT'S RIGHT I'M V.N. AND I'M HAILIN FROM RUSSIA
WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORD I'M IMPERIAL LIKE PRUSSIA

Can you recommend me some authors who have a wide vocabulary and who put it to good use?

Other examples I can think of are people like Joyce, Wilde and Fitzgerald.

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For my money, Vladimir Nabokov has got to be the greatest writer of the last hundred years (at least).

ITT: Your favorite author. Go!

Evening all.

The best american writer. Your opinion.

On the one hand you are supposed to pay attention and read carefully, but on the other hand you probably shouldn't expect any story (especially that one) to be realistic.

Vladimir Nabokov: Pedophilic freak, pretty prose

Fuck you, you fervently gay fiend!

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Hi /lit/
I am wondering, is there any good criticism on Nabokov? All i read is only praising so is he really that good, or is it another overrated author? Never read anything from him, i am not really into modern literature, but i would give it a try if he is really that good.