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A review by kittenscribble
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov
3.0
Cousin-sibling prodigies Van and Ada Veen have a tumultuous, incestuous love affair that continues throughout both their lifetimes. Nabokov sprinkles the prose with alliterative wordplay, trilingual punning, and exotic vocabulary, but despite all he can do, the novel drags when the two main characters are apart.
Pages are wasted on ramblings about a sort of alternate universe (called "Terra," or possibly "Antiterra") which does not really seem to add much to the storyline. I love Nabokov's work, but in this book, he really could have used a strict editor.
Pages are wasted on ramblings about a sort of alternate universe (called "Terra," or possibly "Antiterra") which does not really seem to add much to the storyline. I love Nabokov's work, but in this book, he really could have used a strict editor.