Norman Doidge on Nabokov vs. Dostoyevski

"Nabokov says that novels really should ultimately be about more normal people. Now, think of how absurd this is, this is by the author of, "Lolita", whose written a book about a pedophilic psychopath"
Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on the Research Faculty at Columbia University's Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry. He is the author of the bestseller, "The Brain That Changes Itself". He is a native of Toronto. (Recorded on August 18, 2008)

[@vaclavmiller8032]

This misrepresents the lecture.

[@fabriciogoto4297]

Ele simplesmente ignorou o que Nabokov falou sobre a escrita do mestre russo. Vídeo tendencioso, próprio de fã... E fã não é elogio, fanático!

[@Vlaqq]

Sir, I don't think you are telling exatly what N. was telling about D.. Real people? Real life? Good stories are fairy tales, sir.

[@aalokghimire2683]

Absolute horseshit. Nabokov never said that. Read his criticism again

[@selmo6376]

Can UA-cam Telles where I can read more profoundly Nabovo's opiniões aborto Dostoievski ? Thanks a lot !