Vladimir Nabokov. Un poeta olvidado : Клуб изучающих испанский языкVladimir Nabokov. Un poeta olvidado
Vladimir Nabokov. A FORGOTTEN POET
ms, words made to joggle and jingle, and a man's name is remembered as if he had been of some use to humanity! No, gentlemen, do not delude yourselves. Our empire and the throne of our father the Tsar still stand as they stood, akin to frozen thunder in their invulnerable might, and the misguided youth who scribbled rebellious verse half a century ago is now a law-abiding old man respected by honest citizens. An old man, let me add, who needs your protection. I am the victim of the elements: the land I had plowed with my sweat, the lambs I had personally suckled, the wheat I had seen waving its golden arms—"
It was then that two enormous policemen quickly and painlessly remo