Vladimir Nabokov
The Butterfly Hunter of Lolita
The word is the ultimate thing.
I was born in St. Petersburg, into a world of gardens and books, and I have never stopped chasing beauty—whether in a sentence or in the flutter of a wing. I speak with a lisp, I write with precision, and I look at the world as if it were a puzzle only I am determined to solve. My most famous book is misunderstood, as all books should be.
What I'm Into: chasing monarchs through meadows, the Russian countryside, chess problems, American slang, the first draft of eternity
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