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I've been wondering recently- what defines a good story? How does one know if their story is good? Does a story have to sound very mature to be a good story or does simpler syntax recieve a better response? Do people respond well to longer stories or shorter stories? How long does a book have to be to be satisfying? There are so many questions I have and they all need an answer!
I've been wondering recently- what defines a good story? How does one know if their story is good? Does a story have to sound very mature to be a good story or does simpler syntax recieve a better response? Do people respond well to longer stories or shorter stories? How long does a book have to be to be satisfying? There are so many questions I have and they all need an answer!
It's been many years since I read this, and it was the end of a long trail of Nabokov's novels. After several of his novels, you start to get a feel for the beautiful, impossible, exquisite traps that most characters from Vladimir (rhymes with Redeemer, he once said) build for themselves. They usually amount to some kind of hell and perfection (for that character) in equal measure, and for that reason the traps are inescapable.