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Meet the 2025 National Book Award Finalists
11 Nov 2025 17:17 GMT
… at thirteen (best novel for masturbating while pretending … of my favorite books.
Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Antonio … Age of Hyperabundance,” first published in n+1 and … sober.
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi, author of The New Economy
Who …
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Salmon, scones, bands, books, more for your West Seattle Sunday!
09 Nov 2025 15:01 GMT
… MODERN CLASSIC BOOK CLUB: This month, discussing “Pale Fire” by Vladimir Nabokov. Meeting … at 3 pm at Paper Boat Booksellers (4522 …
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Derek Owusu: ‘I didn’t read a book until the age of 24’
31 Oct 2025 10:15 GMT
… Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov.
The book that changed me
The … way I felt necessary.
The author I came back to
Henry … had told me her favourite novel was Revolutionary Road so I … Fiction by Derek Owusu is published on 6 November by Canongate …
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Lolita Turns 70: Why Vladimir Nabokov’s Controversial Novel Is Just as Shocking Today By Carly Tagen-Dye
15 Sep 2025 21:46 GMT
… of the book, featuring an introduction by author Claire Messud, examines the novel… PEOPLE of the novel
When Vladimir Nabokov’s infamous novel, Lolita, was first published in Paris …
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Reading List: Books That'll Break, Enrage & Inspire
16 Oct 2025 02:47 GMT
… Let’s stroll through her bookcase:
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline … spare and bizarre. This book is like walking in … (Stieg Larsson) and Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), books that are so morally complicated … happy endings. They are books that read like conversations in …
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Empire State Rare Book & Print Fair — Full Steam Ahead At Grand Central
15 Oct 2025 23:05 GMT
… : the Books 1978-1998, which was inscribed by the author to Donald … novels to illustrated medical books, and a signed copy of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov … edition of the two volumes published in 1681 and 1683.
This …
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The 12 best film adaptations of classic novels
15 Oct 2025 19:06 GMT
… and quiet restraint of the novel. Mia Wasikowska delivers a … and Prejudice makes this classic novel as swoon-worthy on … Images)
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita remains one of the most unsettling novels of … out 18 chapters of the book, but those quibbles fade away …
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Cosy crime, Gaza’s history and an audacious wildlife feat: 10 new books
15 Oct 2025 07:19 GMT
… latest war began, the novel also serves as a kind … slightly by some of the author’s looser digressions.
The … $36.99
The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, who was also a dedicated … Republic
Esther Anatolitis
Monash University Publishing, $19.95
Here’s a …
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$8.3m first editions and fake Churchills: Inside growing passion for rare books
13 Oct 2025 04:47 GMT
… Two Cities inscribed by the author to George Eliot, who … , it personalises the book. It means the author has handled it,” … , by turns, a great novelist of the Victorian era, but … rare editions of “subversive” books, such as Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, as well …
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R.F. Kuang ends world book tour on the home front in Somerville
09 Oct 2025 00:54 GMT
… 30, hosted by Narrative Bookshop. The author’s husband, Bennet Eckert … Borges, and the works of Vladimir Nabokov.
“[The works] are these … as they begin the novel espousing the supremacy of … about her inspirations for the novel, Kuang attributed “Oppenheimer” …