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Showing posts with label Vladimir Nabokov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vladimir Nabokov. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 November 2025

Rejection letters as literature: The best (and worst) no's in publishing history

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There’s something perversely comforting about reading other people’s rejection letters. Especially the ones addressed to now-immovable titan...
Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Why does every bestseller sound the same? A mini manifesto against beige prose

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Pick up any recent bestseller and you’ll notice it. The prose is clean. Efficient. Emotionally calibrated within an inch of its life. And, y...
Sunday, 5 October 2025

Minor works, major joy: Why we should read authors’ lesser-known texts

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Not every literary treasure announces itself with a full-page review or a Booker Prize shortlist. Some arrive quietly, tucked into the back ...
Friday, 30 May 2025

The Great American Novel: 15 books that define a nation

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Last time I wrote about what the Great American Novel is, where it came from and whether it was still needed or even possible. Everyone, inc...
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