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Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium

Juan Goytisolo is the author of numerous books, including "The Marx Family Saga" (City Lights Books)

Someone asked Nabokov the three novels of this century he preferred. His answer was: “Ulysses,” “A la Recherche du Temps Perdu” and “Petersburg” by Andrei Bely. I agree with him. But whereas everyone knows the first two, Bely’s masterpiece is almost forgotten both in Russia and in the West.

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