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Books by Vladimir Nabokov mentioned on podcasts
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita centers on the deeply disturbing relationship between an adult narrator and a young girl whom he exploits across America.
Discussed“But what did we remember that EP his Larry Summers's wife recommended Lolita to EP? That's right. And got him like an annotated copy.”
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Pale Fire
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is a complex postmodern novel structured as a long narrative poem with an extensive, eccentric commentary and index written by a deranged scholar.
Discussed“you're not going to get your next pale fire from an LLM.”
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Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov is an autobiographical memoir that explores the author's early life as a Russian aristocrat prior to the Russian Revolution.
Recommended“I have been reading uh, Speak Memory by Vladimir Nambacov, Nbachov, however you want to pronounce it, which is his sort of memoir uh, mostly of his boyhood as a Russian aristocrat before the Russian the Russian Revolution.”
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Despair
Discussed“it's a novel by Nabokov called despair that I picked up I think randomly because someone on Twitter had mentioned it”
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Mary
Mary by Vladimir Nabokov is the author's debut novel, exploring themes of nostalgia, lost youth, and the bittersweet memories of first love among Russian émigrés in Berlin.
Recommended“Then, the third that I would recommend is Mary by Vladimir Nabokov. It’s a book I’ve been discussing a lot with my friends from Russia, so many of whom are in exile and who miss home and want to go home.”
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Nabokov's butterflies
Nabokov's butterflies by Vladimir Nabokov is a collection of writings showcasing the author's lifelong passion for entomology.
Recommended“...I would say there's a really good book that is called Navok's butterflies which is is a collection of miscellaneia and I think Nabokov uh had a fascination with entomology and uh uh you know particularly fascinated by butterflies...”
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