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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 31, 2018February 4, 2023

But today no alien marginalia can dim the purity

This wonderful memoir/biography is much more than either:

In this post I will intersperse passages from Nabokov’s Speak, Memory with recent images that are personal to me and my family.

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