http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/as-benevolent-dictator-vladimir-nabokov-would-abolish-muzak-bidets.html

[…] In 1969, the BBC’s James Mossman conducted an extensive interview with Vladimir Nabokov, which was first published in a magazine called The Listener, and later in a book entitled Strong Opinions. Some of Mossman’s questions were serious: “You’ve said that you’ve explored time’s prison and have found no way out. Are you still exploring…? Some were lighter: “Why do you live in hotels?” And still other questions fell somewhere in between, like: “If you ruled any modern industrial state absolutely, what would you abolish?” It turns out that loud noises, muzak, bidets, and insecticides made the great novelist and lepidopterist’s list.[…]

Or: http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/tag/vladimir-nabokov/ The Worst Game November 24, 2015 | by Sadie Stein

(really?)

 

Or: http://blogdoims.com.br/ims/quatro-perguntas-a-jorio-dauster  Four questions about Nabokov and the volume of “Lectures on Literature” addressed to its Brazilian translator.

 

Google Search
the archive
Contact
the Editors
NOJ Zembla Nabokv-L
Policies
Subscription options AdaOnline NSJ Ada Annotations L-Soft Search the archive VN Bibliography Blog

All private editorial communications are read by both co-editors.