tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post2174774959332967543..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Dimonstein/Dimondstein & NabokovJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-32255492289262033132009-02-21T18:35:00.000-08:002009-02-21T18:35:00.000-08:00Yes, that Glaser 'Pnin' cover is wonderful. 'Laugh...Yes, that Glaser 'Pnin' cover is wonderful. 'Laughter...' is certainly a cruel book--I founhd myself reading it the way people are clichedly meant to read horror novels: late at night, all alone, glued to the page, freaked out...JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-50752711263553076372009-02-20T07:24:00.000-08:002009-02-20T07:24:00.000-08:00I'm with you on Sebastian Knight, but I always tho...I'm with you on Sebastian Knight, but I always thought Laughter in the Dark to be kind of all cruelty with no redemption. It is effectively done (the moment when point of view lifts out of book at moment of accident/loss of sight is beautiful), but the hint of outside or a ghostly guide has something a bit more hopeful and less aggressively cruel in his other novels. My own favorite N. cover is Milton Glaser's cover to Pnin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-30742231027198265552008-09-14T02:07:00.000-07:002008-09-14T02:07:00.000-07:00Oh, good Lord, I can't believe I did that--repeate...Oh, good Lord, I can't believe I did that--repeatedly. All fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out. Aaaargh!JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-940928660700323602008-09-14T01:59:00.000-07:002008-09-14T01:59:00.000-07:00Ahem... it's NabOkov. I did however once find a c...Ahem... it's NabOkov. I did however once find a copy of his memoir <EM>Speak, Memory</EM> very cheaply on eBay as it had been listed under the same misspelling and nobody else had found it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com