Shamanstvo - Or Nabokov Scrawl
'And the rest is rust and stardust' (Lolita, chapter 25), read that out loud. The repetition of the /s/ sound is what makes it so pleasing to listen to. That is Nabokov's genius. The sentence makes perfect sense and sounds unearthly.
'William Rowe, after studying Nabokov's Russian novels in both their originals and the author's own English translations, found that "a faintly Russian coloration further contributes to the 'live iridescence' of Nabokov's English prose. ' quote stolen from this site. I've suspected that some of what makes Nabokov's writing so alluring is that he as retained some of his beloved Russian. I hope one day to be confident enough of my Russian to read his Russian works. He translated them himself, but also re-wrote them.
The best part is, I have not yet read everything he wrote.
'William Rowe, after studying Nabokov's Russian novels in both their originals and the author's own English translations, found that "a faintly Russian coloration further contributes to the 'live iridescence' of Nabokov's English prose. ' quote stolen from this site. I've suspected that some of what makes Nabokov's writing so alluring is that he as retained some of his beloved Russian. I hope one day to be confident enough of my Russian to read his Russian works. He translated them himself, but also re-wrote them.
The best part is, I have not yet read everything he wrote.