On Nabokov, Ayn Rand and the Libertarian Mind: What the Russian-American Odd Pair Can Tell Us About Some Values, Myths and Manias Widely Held Most Dear
On Nabokov, Ayn Rand and the Libertarian Mind: What the Russian-American Odd Pair Can Tell Us About Some Values, Myths and Manias Widely Held Most Dear
On Nabokov, Ayn Rand and the Libertarian Mind not only conjoins two seemingly divergent authors but also takes on the larger picture of libertarian trends and ideologies. These timely topics further intermingle with Bell-Villada's own conflicted relationship - personal, cultural, satirical, literary - to the "odd pair" and their ways of thinking. The inclusion of Louis Begley's essay adds yet another dimension to this unique, wide-ranging meditation on art and politics, history and memory.
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On Nabokov, Ayn Rand and the Libertarian Mind not only conjoins two seemingly divergent authors but also takes on the larger picture of libertarian trends and ideologies. These timely topics further intermingle with Bell-Villada's own conflicted relationship - personal, cultural, satirical, literary - to the "odd pair" and their ways of thinking. The inclusion of Louis Begley's essay adds yet another dimension to this unique, wide-ranging meditation on art and politics, history and memory.
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This is a wonderful book. It takes some guts and eccentricity to juxtapose Nabokov and Any Rand but Bell does it with aplomb.
One of course was a great writer and the other beyond dreadful, but the latter has a huge following. The patron saint of Libertarians. Bell skewers them too, with some clever parody and the end of his work.
It's generally not well known that Nabokov was politically quirky too-- he was pro-McCarthy in the 50's for example. And Bell brings this to light. The book is expensive -- but worth it.
