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Strong Opinions

By Vladimir Nabokov

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
1990
ISBN
0679726098, 9780679726098
LCC
PS3527.A15 S7 1990
Open Library ID
OL2212907M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2002205 bytes)
Pages
356\356
DPI
600
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-06-26 00:49:36

Description

The title says it all. The last section of the book, some twenty pages consists of primarily lepidoptera papers which may or may not interest fiction devotees of N's fiction. His generous use of the epithet "philistine" may rouse some prejudice against N.'s apparently pharisaical and insolent notions on literature, psychology, politics and such, but he always is sure to qualify those strong opinions as solely his own; in large, he abstains from truth claims that would make his book little more than the exegesis of a Pharisee. Besides, one doesn't read a book of opinions for the author's Truth (with a "T!"), unless that is, you are a Kurt Vonnegut follower. Great insights, humor and opinions from a great author. Minus a star or two for a certain degree of repetitiveness.

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