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Literature · Reflection

VLADIMIR NABOKOV ~ SENSE OR NONSENSE

20 March 2011

“The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.”

Vladimir Nabokov 1899-1977

This photo of Nabokov and his wife is taken in Switzerland.

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