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Is this book better then Lolita? Any other Nabokov book to recommend?

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>>6940025

IT IS NOT BETTER, NOR WORSE; IT IS JUST DIFFERENT; THERE IS NO NEED FOR COMPARING THE TWO OF THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY INCLUDE SOME OF THE SAME THEMES, AND ARE BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

>> No.6940039

>>6940025
I thought Pale Fire was better than Lolita. But it's a very different sort of read and a love it or hate it kind of book in general.

Also I liked Laughter in the Dark, but it's a very simple book (consciously so, but still) compared to his later stuff.

>> No.6940053

Anyway, there is modern author that can match to Nabokov writing style?

>> No.6940068

>>6940032
Did you like it yourself?

>> No.6940069

>>6940053
Not to meme or anything but in retrospect, Infinite Jest's use of endnotes are vaguely reminiscent of the way Pale Fire was structured

>> No.6940121

I'd say it's better, yes.

Laughter in the Dark and Transparent Things are my favourite Nabokov novels.