This is supposed to be Nabokov's best work? Lolita was amazing; how is this book by the same author? The metafiction gimmick is shit, the story takes ages to tell, the prose is terrible. What the hell is the appeal?

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Anonymous Fri Apr 30 17:06:31 2021 No.18147031 [Reply] [Original]

This is supposed to be Nabokov's best work? Lolita was amazing; how is this book by the same author? The metafiction gimmick is shit, the story takes ages to tell, the prose is terrible. What the hell is the appeal?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 30 17:09:05 2021 No.18147045 It's his King Lear. A fan favorite that's easy to criticize.

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