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Rotten Mango
It was the first book published by Vladimir Nabokov, when he was a teenager. A teacher's cousin told the author's father that he would never be a writer, but he went on to become a very successful author.
He wrote his first book ever called Poems when he was a teenager.
— Episode: #133: The 12 Year Old “Temptress”
Episode: #133: The 12 Year Old “Temptress”
It was the first book published by Vladimir Nabokov, when he was a teenager. A teacher's cousin told the author's father that he would never be a writer, but he went on to become a very successful author.
He wrote his first book ever called Poems when he was a teenager.
And one of the teachers that read it, well their cousin, the teacher's cousin is like a world-renowned poet, went up to Vladimir's dad and said, please tell your son that he will never be a writer.
