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Pic related because I will never be able to write as beautifully as Nabby

>> No.8452787

>>8452764
alternatively, pale fire

>> No.8452795
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Mishima's Sea of Fertility.

When I finished the Decay of the Angel, I seriously wanted to kill myself. I genuinely regard it as one of the century's crowning achievements in literature.

>> No.8452823

>>8452795
Is pic related the best English translation?

>> No.8452837

>>8452823
Nabokov wrote all his famous stuff in English, including Lolita, Ada, Pale Fire etc.

>> No.8452849

>>8452837
oh I was talking about the Sea of Fertility

>> No.8452861

>>8452787
Alternatively, My Twisted World

>> No.8452866

Great books make me want to keep writing.

>> No.8452869

>>8452866
then post a bad book

>> No.8453056

>>8452823

There's only one English translation set.

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>>8452764
This, because someone willingly publishes this shit.