Vladimir nabokov 
Desperation [EPUB ebook] 

Similar with my other works, Desperation does not contain the evaluation to the community, and put forward ideological implications openly. It does not enhance the quality of the human spirit, nor guide people to a legitimate way. It contains much or less "thought" than the gaudy and vulgar novels, which have been blown up for a while and have been coaxed to step down for another while. The enthusiastic Freudian would think that he found something new from my long-standing manuscript, or a Viennese-style dream, but if you take a closer look at and think on it, all of this is only a mocking illusion created by my agent. I just want to add more that, in case, experts in the "genre" of literary studies this time should be smart to avoid adding the impression of "influenced by German Impressionism" to me at random: I do not know German and never……