Vladimir Nabokov

Jan 2, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Vladimir Nabokov

One of my representatives—a modest, mild bachelor, very efficient—happened to win a pleasure trip at a charity ball given by Russian refugees.

Aug 7, 2024 | brit.co | Vladimir Nabokov |Kayla Walden

There's currently a reading phenomenon going on, and I can't say that I'm mad about it. With endless book clubs by celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Kaia Gerber, and Natalie Portman, the world seemingly can't get enough of reading right now — especially when it comes to hand-picked, curated recommendations. We know there are so many great book clubs out there, but I'm sure it can get slightly overwhelming to narrow them all down.

Aug 1, 2024 | service95.com | Vladimir Nabokov |Olivia McCrea-Hedley

Books, List, Dua's Letter What a whirlwind this year has been so far. From the release of Radical Optimism and my dream gig at Glastonbury to how Service95 readers have embraced our Book Club, I’m profoundly grateful for it all. But I’m also exhausted! So I’m going to take a short break in August from my monthly reads and instead make some headway on my ever-increasing TBR pile. While I spend some much-needed time with family and friends over the summer, these are the books I’ll be taking with me.

Apr 23, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Vladimir Nabokov

To many things I’ve said the word that cheats the lips and leaves them parted (thus: prash-chai which means ‘good-bye’) — to furnished flats, to streets, to milk-white letters melting in the sky; to drab designs that habit seldom sees, to novels interrupted by the din of tunnels, annotated by quick trees, abandoned with a squashed banana skin; to a dim waiter in a dimmer town, to cuts that healed and to a thumbless glove; also to things of lyrical renown perhaps more universal, such as love.

Apr 20, 2024 | fabula.org | Vladimir Nabokov

Théâtre. Traduit du russe et présenté par Sophie Bernard-Léger et Daria SinichkinaDans un pays imaginaire, un roi prend le pouvoir après une guerre civile et œuvre à l’épanouissement de la culture, des sciences et des arts. Personne ne connaît son nom ni son visage. Son rival, guide intellectuel des radicaux, rêve d’une revanche.