Story by: Andrew Foley
Recorded: May 2008, Marblehead, MA
Music: Dmitri Shostakovitch
1947. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Having returned from World War II, a disillusioned young writer seeks guidance from noted author Vladimir Nabokov, only to find their conversation derailed when the maestro himself poses an impossible question.
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Andrew Foley, 86, is a writer, meditation teacher, and multi-hyphenate who resides in Brookline, Massachusetts. Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer whose work includes The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Pale Fire, and Lolita. His wife, Vera, is mentioned briefly in this piece. Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer; often called the “father of modern Russian realism,” he was one of the first Imperial Russian authors to criticize Russia’s way of life. The play The Inspector-General and the short story The Overcoat are among his masterpieces.
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