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Dying Wish or Not, Nabokov's Son to Publish Father's Final Work
August 12, 2008 - 3:37pm — birdie
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Vladimir Nabokov wanted his wife to burn the draft of his final novel...she didn't.
Now his son Dimitri, 74, has decided to publish the work entitled "The Original Laura."
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Dying wishes
Whenever I read something like this, I always wonder why the authors didn't just burn their works themselves. But I don't wonder for long. OF COURSE, they want their heirs and executors to publish them!