“In this crazy mirror of terror and art a pseudo-quotation made up of obscure Shakespeareanisms (Chapter Three) somehow produces, despite its lack of literal meaning, the blurred diminutive image of the acrobatic performance that so gloriously supplies the bravura ending for the next chapter.”

—  Vladimir Nabokov, book Bend Sinister

Source: Bend Sinister (1963), p. x.

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Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor 1899–1977

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