Class explores Nabokov as writer and 'butterfly man'
December 13, 2023
December 13, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 13 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Here's how the well-known story goes: Vladimir Nabokov, professor of literature and soon-to-be-famous novelist, meets with a Cornell student who considers himself a budding writer.
"What kind of tree is that outside my window?" Nabokov asks.
"I don't know," the student says.
"Then you'll never be a writer," Nabokov says.
A stran . . .
Here's how the well-known story goes: Vladimir Nabokov, professor of literature and soon-to-be-famous novelist, meets with a Cornell student who considers himself a budding writer.
"What kind of tree is that outside my window?" Nabokov asks.
"I don't know," the student says.
"Then you'll never be a writer," Nabokov says.
A stran . . .