Nabokov put out most of his famous work after WWII (and thus The Hobbit); Lolita was published in 1955, Pale Fire in 1962. With LW as an audience I think I’d recommend the latter over the former, although they’re both quite good. Borges was also most prolific postwar, although there isn’t a sharp division with him like there is with Nabokov.
While we’re recommending authors, I might as well give a nod to Mikhail Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita; Heart of a Dog). Though he’s one that’s hard to put an era to; he died in 1940, but The Master and Margarita was published in 1968. Translations into English came even later.
Nabokov put out most of his famous work after WWII (and thus The Hobbit); Lolita was published in 1955, Pale Fire in 1962. With LW as an audience I think I’d recommend the latter over the former, although they’re both quite good.
Actually, the Nabokov novels I prefer are generally the ones he originally wrote in Russian, pre-war. My favorite is probably The Eye.
Nabokov put out most of his famous work after WWII (and thus The Hobbit); Lolita was published in 1955, Pale Fire in 1962. With LW as an audience I think I’d recommend the latter over the former, although they’re both quite good. Borges was also most prolific postwar, although there isn’t a sharp division with him like there is with Nabokov.
While we’re recommending authors, I might as well give a nod to Mikhail Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita; Heart of a Dog). Though he’s one that’s hard to put an era to; he died in 1940, but The Master and Margarita was published in 1968. Translations into English came even later.
Actually, the Nabokov novels I prefer are generally the ones he originally wrote in Russian, pre-war. My favorite is probably The Eye.