One Less Lost Book!

If you've ever studied Greek and Roman literature, one of the first things you learn is that we have at best 10% of the writing they produced, and there is no guarantee that it is the best 10%. If you want to learn about books that have been lost to us from the ancient times through to the present then this book will help you.

But if you want to learn about a book that will not be lost to us after all, go here.

The short of it. Nabokov, before his death, ordered his son to burn his last novel The Original of Laura. His son has been wrestling with the moral dilemma, obey his father or allow the world to have what he believes is his father's greatest work. He finally decided. The ghost of Nabokov appeared to him and gave him permission to publish.

So thank you ghost of Nabokov, thanks for making the right financial decision for your son, and incidentally allowing us to view your last work.