Nabokov Takes Dostoevsky Down a Peg

in Literature | June 15th, 2009 Leave a Comment

The BBC has posted online some 1969 interviews with Vladimir Nabokov. In one piece, Nabokov talks about some of the Russian greats and roundly dismisses Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov (my current read) and Crime & Punishment. Ouch. But he saves some kind words for Tolstoy and Joyce. For more, get the interviews here.

via Maud Newton’s Twitter Feed (ours here)

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