The Gift

More beautiful than Lolita, more interesting, real, sexy book!

Not exactly a page turner, but one need never doubt the existence of the perfect word as long as his works are preserved. A totally repulsive protagonist.

read it, on the three Playboy issues where it first appeared

I am amazed by the endless genius of Nabokov. This book is dense going but a stream of consciousness wonderland while clinging to a tightrope wire of narrative. It is more Proustian than you might expect, but the connections are more cerebral than sensual and there is that incredible ironic objective that far from being cynical, teases us playfully. I'm reading this side by side with Pale...more

I am amazed by the endless genius of Nabokov. This book is dense going but a stream of consciousness wonderland while clinging to a tightrope wire of narrative. It is more Proustian than you might expect, but the connections are more cerebral than sensual and there is that incredible ironic objective that far from being cynical, teases us playfully. I'm reading this side by side with Pale Fire, two very different books from the same pen, and loving every moment!   hide

A 'repulsive protagonist' in a book by Nabokov? No!

Sacrément bien écrit comme d'hab' avec Nabokov

A perfect gem for lovers of Russian literature, Nabokov's "Gift" is sure to please.