Thanks for sharing the link to Nabokov's reply. Sometimes the context behind literary rivalries is as educational as the subject matter itself. I think Wilson w

Thanks for sharing the link to Nabokov's reply. Sometimes the context behind literary rivalries is as educational as the subject matter itself. I think Wilson wasn't far from truth when he said that Nabokov likes to suffer himself, linguistically, and made others suffer as well. I remember gaining distinct caustic feelings after reading Nabokov for more than 10 pages per day. His prose can be poisonous.