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And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections. In speak, memory, nabokov tells he wrote his first poem rain flew. Except for instead of marty mcfly risking retroactive annihilation by disrupting his parents high school meetcute, nabokov is returning to longtreasured memories and poking holes. The book begins with a forewordslashdisclaimer, from nabokov himself. Pdf lolita book by vladimir nabokov free download 331. Speak, memory by vladimir nabokov overdrive rakuten. An autobiography revisited vintage international ebook.
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