Re: Great Minds Think Alike

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I would like to add a hearty thumbs-up for Nabokov, specifically Ada.  I found
Ada to be wonderful, the best thing I have ever read about love, and would
recommend it over Lolita or Pnin.

Camille Scaysbrook wrote:

> Miranda Poynton wrote:
> >
> > Matt, I, too,  am finger-deep in my first Nabokov! Lolita, "Lo-lee-ta".
> > I'm surprised at how compellingly readble it is.
>
> Why surprised ??? I guess you must have got the impression from what
> you'd heard about it that it would just be a bunch of sensationalist
> clap trap (and you're certainly not alone there). But that's the most
> beautiful thing about `Lolita' - *it
> isn't*. Nabokov was a genius, and the fact that he makes so sordid a
> relationship and topic so lyrical and touching and *un* sensational. It's
> quite simply one of the best books ever written, I think, and even more so
> because of that fact.
>
> I urge everyone to give Nabokov a go; he's definitely worth a look.
> Lolita is of course a good starting point, and Pale Fire a good place to
> go after that - in fact, progressing chronologically to Ada and onward,
> making a digression to the short stories is highly recommended.
>
> The last time anyone asked Salinger about his reading habits, he refused
> to name any living writers, saying he didn't `think it right'. I wonder,
> today, whether Nabokov would find a place on said list? We know that
> Nabokov was a fan of Salinger, so I can't help musing about whether the
> inverse was true too.
>
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