Posts tagged “Vladimir Nabokov”
Reading My Way Through 2008
So I was an idiot and didn’t record all the books I read since January of this year. The most unfortunate part of this negligence is not being able to record all the books I read in my last semester of school. But maybe that’s unfortunate, as putting all my thesis reading on display might [...]
Time Lapsed Comparison
What some of my favorite famous writers were doing when they were 22 years old: Richard Brautigan – 1957 By 1956, Brautigan had settled in San Francisco, California. There he sought to establish himself as a writer, was known for handing out his poetry on street corners, and often participated in “Blabbermouth Night” readings at [...]
Every story has its good part–
From The Defense, the third novel by Vladimir Nabokov: “Thus in the most pleasant manner possible people and things around him tried to adorn the emptiness of Luzhin’s life. He allowed himself to be lulled, spoiled and titillated, and with his soul rolled up in a ball he accepted the caressive life that enveloped him [...]