"I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita."
I'm promoting Nabokov's Lolita to stand among my top three favourite books along with Great Expectations and The Favourite Game. Time spent between the pages of Lolita feels like a transitory haze. Its gorgeously written with so much precision and command for the English language. You really must read it, it's beautiful, hilarious, frighteningly clever, allusive and textured. A total sigh - the product of a literary genius.
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