tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post5902731371641162862..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Bend SinisterSéamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-85215319864730441992013-06-11T11:00:54.327+01:002013-06-11T11:00:54.327+01:00I have only read Lolita from Nabokov. This does so...I have only read Lolita from Nabokov. This does sound like an intriguing book. The idea that the main character bullied the dictator in grade school sounds significant and I am sure is developed here in interesting ways.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-72440275007318390642013-06-11T07:50:58.935+01:002013-06-11T07:50:58.935+01:00Nice quote Tom. I like the sound of that essay. Un...Nice quote Tom. I like the sound of that essay. Unfortunately, I'm a little short on sunny details, too. <br />(Didn't want to notice too much as I thought it might put my family in danger.)Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-3427449800845662662013-06-11T02:47:55.759+01:002013-06-11T02:47:55.759+01:00Nabokov titled a collection of interviews and revi...Nabokov titled a collection of interviews and reviews <i>Strong Opinions</i>, not <i>General Ideas</i>.<br /><br />"In reading, one should notice and fondle details. There is nothing wrong about the moonshine of generalization when it comes <i>after</i> the sunny trifles of the book have been lovingly collected." (Vladimir Nabokov, “Good Readers and Good Writers,” <i>Lectures on Literature</i>)Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com