“If you haven’t read it [Á rebours] yet, do read it. It was misunderstood and undervalued. It went unnoticed after being declared immoral and shaky. It’s amazing how people love justifying the absence of aesthetic taste by labeling books moral or immoral. The same fate befell Madame Bovary and-not many people know this-Les Fleurs du Mal!!! ( Read more... )

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Dieter E. Zimmer’s (1934-2020) quest for Berlin locations in the works of Vladimir Nabokov remains one of my favorite journeys in urban history: http://www.d-e-zimmer.de/Root/nabberlin2002.htm

If his book, Nabokovs Berlin (2001), was republished in English, it would truly be a Gift...


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