Does anyone here think that Nabokov is bordering purple prose?

got gud

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>>8778694
We're not playing league here, m8; this is serious business.

I feel as if it's impossible to recreate what he's done in today's society.

>>8778692
Because "overly extrapolating" is Hemingway-esque bullshit, and is only said by people who think stripped-down prose is the ideal. Plots are garbage: we read good authors for their prose.

>>8778744
t. pseud

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>not being Newly Sincere
>not writing a purple as you find fit

>>8778692
you're very under read, probably <200 books in your entire life. read more before posting stupid threads.

>>8778744
>We read good authors for how they explore their themes
Ftfy

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>>8778768
Seeing as though there are no such requirements to create threads, you can fuck right off.

If Nabby ain't purple, no one is.

>>8778692
In school you were taught that purple prose is bad, because you werent being taught english so that you can write the next Ulysses (which isnt a bad thing, necessarily) but I guess they really hammered it in, and I mean, if you look at new york times best seller, or most of the books that people buy, likely it will not be full of purple prose.

Because he does it well and meaningfully. Purple prose is meaningless, often cliched and simply nonsense that by definition can't be aesthetically pleasing.

>>8778702
look at that dude all stressed out he cant make the magic happen. better hit a home run buddy or you'll be fired. then rhondas there screaming in his ear. no man wants that shit