So Vladimir Nabokov's notorious unfinished last work is coming out in November. Ron Rosenbaum has (another) excellent article on Slate about his first encounter with the soon-to-be-published work.
http://www.slate.com/id/2229224/
Has anyone else been following the drama behind this? Rosenbaum has had an ongoing series of thoughts and reflections on this that I've been keeping up with for the past few years (links should all be in that article, and they're well worth reading; the subject is fascinating and Ron Rosenbaum is one of the best critics out there). The story behind this upcoming publication is probably bizarre enough to be a part of a Nabokov plot.
What does everyone think? Are you planning on reading it? Should it even have been published, or should it have been burned like Nabokov wanted? It's a complicated question, and Rosenbaum explores it more thoughtfully that I can, but I was wondering if anyone else had thoughts, or if I was the only one following this.
http://www.slate.com/id/2229224/
Has anyone else been following the drama behind this? Rosenbaum has had an ongoing series of thoughts and reflections on this that I've been keeping up with for the past few years (links should all be in that article, and they're well worth reading; the subject is fascinating and Ron Rosenbaum is one of the best critics out there). The story behind this upcoming publication is probably bizarre enough to be a part of a Nabokov plot.
What does everyone think? Are you planning on reading it? Should it even have been published, or should it have been burned like Nabokov wanted? It's a complicated question, and Rosenbaum explores it more thoughtfully that I can, but I was wondering if anyone else had thoughts, or if I was the only one following this.
