Nabokov and the moment of truth

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[disturbiapixie]

that Nabokov allowed himself to be cavalierly dismissive of Dostoevsky does not signify that mere mortals should do likewise

[Roman Isayev]

Why bother wasting the time to offend someone with smart-ass yet completely inane and pointless fucking comments?

[dearydarling]

I don't see the mention anywhere in the comments so forgive my excitement if you're already aware, but do you know how I found your clip? Via the New York Times in an article titled "His Father's Best Translator" dedicated to Dimitri Nabokov. The article ends with Dimitri in his wheelchair, leaning in and crying as he watched your clip.

[Dan Engelke]

I agree with you @theangleoftheodd.

Notes from the Underground on the other hand...(and really all of Dosto's shorts, especially White Nights.)

[ал порутчиков]

Лучший, спору нет.На той высоте искусства где нет хорошо или плохо или заниматься морализаторством... Подобное возможно лишь в живописи или музыке, ну ещё у Гоголя...

[Gennady Denisenko]

and slaves are proudly declaring :"Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!"

[theangeloftheodd13]

Personally, I agree with Nabokov's opinion of Dostoevsky, however, there are some points on which I differ. I'm currently reading "Crime and Punishment" for my third time, and I vain struggle to see much "artistic value" in it and value more the theme than the artistic emphasis in which I had always assumed the novel would have been written in.

[Adam Lind]

Lighten up, you sound like one of the ugliest people I've ever read.

[Василий Пупкин]

По-русски так еще никто не писал! И, к сожалению, не будет писать. Лучший писатель 20 века!

[SmashedUpFetus]

it really didnt take very long