Nabokov's last novel: to burn or not to burn?

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear colleagues,

Just to let you know about an interesting 3-page article on Nabokov  
published in today's issue of The Times:


http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3364183.ece


 From The Times
February 14, 2008
Vladimir Nabokov, his masterpiece and the burning question.
Nabokov's last novel lies in a Swiss vault, hailed by the few who have  
read it as his finest work ? but before he died he ordered that the  
manuscript be destroyed. What should his son Dmitri do? Our  
correspondent reports, and reveals the plotline of the secret  
masterpiece...


Enjoy reading it!

All best,
Alexandra


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
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Edinburgh EX8 9JX
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e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk





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