“This Fairground Farce of Light”: Vladimir Nabokov’s “The Cinema” (1928)
Luke Parker presents his translation of Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 poem “The Cinema.”
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was a Russian-American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and translator. One of the great literary stylists of the 20th-century, in both Russian and English, he is best known for his novels, which include Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, The Gift, and Pnin.
Luke Parker presents his translation of Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 poem “The Cinema.”