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by Vladimir Nabokov

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This does not have the pedophilia stuff that there is in Lolita right?

Timothy Morrison it has nothing hebophilic about it

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How do you pronounce Pnin?

Fedar S. Nabokov himself answered this question in an interview:

— The «p» is sounded, that's all. But since the «p» is mute in English words starting with «pn»…moreNabokov himself answered this question in an interview:

— The «p» is sounded, that's all. But since the «p» is mute in English words starting with «pn», one is prone to insert a supporting «uh» sound — «Puhnin» — which is wrong. To get the «pn» right, try the combination «Up North», or still better «Up, Nina!», leaving out the initial «u». Pnorth, Pnina, Pnin. Can you do that? . . . That's fine.
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نمیدانم آیا کسی قبلاً به این نکته اشاره کرده است که یکی از مشخصات اصلی زندگی تفکیک است. اگر یک لایه گوشت مارا نپوشانده بود میمردیم. آدم فقط تا وقتی وجود دارد که از اطرافِ خود جدا شده باشد. جمجمه کلاهخود مسافران عالم است. در درون بمان وگرنه تلف میشوی. مرگ عریان شدن است. مرگ آمیختن است. آمیختن با مناظر اطراف شاید خارق العاده باشد، اما این کار مترادف است با تمام شدن جان شیرین....?

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