It's been a week of varying success so far, partly as I'm struggling with my new project. I'm not sure if the structure works, and I seem to be getting distracted easily which is always worrying. I'm thinking about doing a third session on Sunday mornings. In other news, Stanza for iPhone is amazing. I turned my new book into an ebook and transferred it over, and now I can read through it easily on the tube. Funny things iPhones. They're irritatingly good, in the sense that they're so good that everyone who has one wants to talk about them, which is irritating.
'Invitation to a Beheading' is the first Russian Nabokov I've ever read. Obviously, I'm not reading it in Russian. It's maybe a little denser than the English language, later books. Although it has all the trademark playfulness and black humour, they're a little less controlled and a little more... showy? It also feels less startling in its originality than the later books, with a bit more existential (dare I say it) cliche. Still, it's good.
Here's hoping next week is better, writing wise.
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