https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Fire#Interpretations fascinating takes.
The Botkin theory is very plausible, and these critical essays from Boyd on the Nabokov mailing list is also a fun read (i’m on 3 of 9, made possible by reader mode in my browser, the archive newlines are a little weird).
(you know you are reading some real lore when you see the old “name-l” listserve decorator)
“Brother, can you spare securing the existence of our people and a future for wh—“
“Sorry friend, I don’t carry cash.”
gravely started reading The Inferno
I never have any urge to post what I think about people like stephen miller on here because it would feel like bad smalltalk, just casual observations of a shared banality.
for some insane reason I instead am constantly not posting the same nonsense on linkedin, a website I don’t understand and dislike the need for, because “they” (??) need to hear it.
Delightful, ridiculous companion to Pnin,. I’m confident I missed a lot (I only occasionally referred back to the lines of the poem referenced in the commentary) and still enjoyed it.
