Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov and Véra, his future wife, Berlin, 1924 . c 26 July 1923 “I won’t hide it. I’m so...

Hiroshi Awatsuji, Sou, 1988 “Without any wind blowing, the sheer weight of a raindrop, shining in parasitic luxury on a...

Aleister Crowley and Fernando Pessoa playing chess in Lisbon, 1930 Neal Cassady playing chess with Al Hinkle, 1955 Georgian writers,...

“There is nothing softer than your heart.” Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin, 1957 Man Ray, Mr and Mrs Woodman, 1947

The Eye ( Соглядатай, Sogliadatai) Vladimir Nabokov, 1930 . ''Ναι, υπάρχει κάποια γαργαλιστική απόλαυση στο να κοιτάς στο παρελθόν και...

Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave, 1829–32 “The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.” Vladimir Nabokov Gustave...

Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) ...

Robert Doisneau, Musician in the Rain, 1957 “Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know...

Nabokov playing chess Why are you including the chess problems with the poems? Because problems are the poetry of chess....

Nabokov’s drawings and annotations on the first page of Kafka’s the Metamorphosis. "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy...