NPPF Comm 2: Dr. Notebook

[s~Z]

>>>But I think it's kinda ironic that Nabokov, at least in his critical
writings and the like, privileges the objective author,  that is, the
author who is no where present in the text, has disappeared or is merely
standing in the shade of the apple tree paring his fingernails, shedding
his scarf skin like an innocent serpent, but he is so obviously creeping
on every  page.<<<

Nabokov's nonfiction indeed adds to the force of his overall penchant for
winking and smiling.