Last word - Nabokov's final book Nov 21, 2009
When the famous Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he made it clear in his will that a manuscript he was working on should not be published ... Dmitri NabokovVladimir Nabokov's son ... Some extracts of the work have already been published in the Sunday Times magazine in the UK and Playboy Magazine, to which Vladimir Nabokov was a contributor. (BBC News -- Europe)
* [BOOKS] Nabokovs unfinished novel to be published next week Nov 10, 2009
Before his death Vladimir Nabokov instructed that his final manuscript be destroyed, but his son Dmitri decided last year to defy his wishes ... Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but The Original of Laura survived and now, 32 years later, the unfinished novel is about to be published for the first time ... In an interview with the BBC, Vladimir Nabokov himself discussed his unusual writing methods and perhaps gave ammunition to those who say the text is not ready for publication. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Robert Taylor, 84; critic was man of letters, connections Oct 27, 2009
In conversation, Mr. Taylor was as likely to mention the latest Sylvester Stallone movie (disapprovingly) or David Byrne and Talking Heads (approvingly) as he was Vladimir Nabokov or James Joyce, the two literary masters he perhaps revered most. For many years, Mr. Taylor belonged to a convivial reading group that monthly parsed a selection from Joyce s novel Finnegans Wake. (Boston Globe)
Unique Baby Names from Films and Li... Oct 1, 2009
Literary greats like William Faulkner and Vladimir Nabokov would compile lists of unusual names so that they could choose perfect, distinctive names for their characters when writing a new story or novel. Parents can benefit from all these efforts when naming a baby by turning to great novels and cinema for inspiration. (Suite101.com)
The Nabokov Code Sep 25, 2009
17) release of the long-locked-away Holy Grail of higher lit, Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished draft of , is attended with an air of the clandestine ... But ever since I learned about the existence and perilous fate of The Original of Laura, I wondered whether, even in its fragmentary state, it might disclose clues about the nature of a true object of wonder, mystery and intricacy: the mind of Vladimir Nabokov, perhaps seen for the first time in the process of creation, giving us a glimpse of the... (Slate)
Joan Goody, 73, noted architect, cultural leader in Boston Sep 13, 2009
Mrs. Goody often spoke of a class she took on the European novel, taught by famed author Vladimir Nabokov, who, she said, taught us to read meticulously. After Cornell, Mrs. Goody went on to earn a master s degree in architecture at Harvard. (Boston Globe)
Making history. Or not. Sep 8, 2009
It s all about counterintuitive pairings: T.S. Eliot and Mickey Mouse; Harry Truman and Vladimir Nabokov; Henry James finds himself in bed with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Marcus and Sollors promise, to which one can only say: Wow, I d like to see that. Some of the matches aren t made in heaven. (Boston Globe)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
Those who are no longer with us are also expected to revive sales: Posthumous books include titles by George Carlin, Michael Crichton, Edward Kennedy, Vladimir Nabokov and Kurt Vonnegut ... by Vladimir Nabokov (Knopf). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
New Fall Books Penned by Prizewinners Aug 28, 2009
An unpublished work by Michael Crichton, an unfinished novel by Vladimir Nabokov and unedited short stories by Raymond Carver are coming. Also, a reissue of Michael Jackson's memoir "Moonwalk" and a deluxe coffee-table edition about the late singer; short fiction by Kurt Vonnegut; authorized sequels to A.A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" and Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; the posthumous completion of a memoir by George Carlin and of a Robert Jordan novel, "The Gathering Storm,"... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Cape Canaveral novelist spins tales of ethical vampires Aug 1, 2009
Thats the function of art, is to provoke thought and discussion as well as to entertain to some extent and perhaps to enchant, which is, as Vladimir Nabokov said, the highest goal a storyteller can have. . (Florida Today)
Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil Jul 12, 2009
In a symbolic marriage of high culture and low-brow titillation that recalls its glory days, Playboy is to serialise the final work of the Russian-born American novelist, Vladimir Nabokov, which has stayed hidden for more than 30 years. Friday, 10 July 2009. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)
Alfred Appel Jr., jazz scholar May 8, 2009
NEW YORK - Alfred Appel Jr., a scholarly specialist on Vladimir Nabokov and the author of wide-ranging interpretive books on modern art and jazz, died Sunday in Evanston, Ill. He was 75 and lived in Wilmette, Ill. (Boston Globe)
New Nabokov gets November release Apr 18, 2009
Vladimir Nabokov's final novel is to be published by Penguin later this year ... Vladimir Nabokov had at one point also intended to burn Lolita, the work which made his name, and was only stopped from doing so by his wife ... FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Lolita novelist Vladimir Nabokov's last work to be published - 10 hrs ago. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
IN MY LIBRARY: CHRISTOPHER DURANG Apr 5, 2009
" Neither the Index nor the nuns at Our Lady of Peace parochial school kept Durang from reading widely as a child --and writing wildly ever after. The award-winning Yale School of Drama grad has trained his absurdist eye on everything from dogma ("Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It all For You") to dysfunctional family saga ("The Marriage of Bette and Boo") and film-noir satire ("Adrift in Macao"). His latest, a tale of homeland insecurity titled "Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Don't ask Anne Michaels what she had for breakfast Apr 4, 2009
She also joined Martin Amis, Philip Roth, the Vladimir Nabokov estate, Salman Rushdie and Tipper Gore in being represented by the world's most famous literary agent, Andrew Wylie, nicknamed "the Jackal.". But, in a sense, all this has just been so much marking time for The Winter Vault, which after its publication in Canada, England, Germany, Norway, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and the United States this spring will make its way into bookstores in Greece and Finland, Japan, Italy, Brazil... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Facebook looks different? Just get over it, okay? Mar 24, 2009
Vladimir Nabokov explained how he came to write Lolita; that his "shiver of inspiration" was "prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes, who, after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: This sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage.". Reading the monsoon of text about Facebook's new look (a little bit Twitter, a little bit same old) this week, on the site itself and everywhere else, makes me wonder if we... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Neo-Victorian designers thrive in Twin Cities Mar 2, 2009
But fashion designer Samantha Rei says don't confuse the girlish fashion trend with that famous book by Vladimir Nabokov. "Truth is a lot of the girls in Japan have never actually read the book," said Rei. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Seeing color in sounds has genetic link Feb 11, 2009
Acclaimed Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov, who wrote "Lolita," famously had the disorder, as did physicist Richard Feynman and composer Franz Liszt. "Since a subtle interaction exists between sound and shape, I see q as browner than k, while s is not the light blue of c, but a curious mixture of azure and mother-of-pearl," Nabokov wrote in his memoir "Speak, Memory.". (CNN -- Law)
