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When Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions for his heirs to burn the 138 handwritten index cards that made up the rough draft of his final and unfinished novel, The Original of Laura. But Nabokov’s wife, Vera, could not bear to destroy her husband’s last work, and when she died, the fate of the manuscript fell to her son. Dmitri Nabokov, now seventy-five—the Russian novelist’s only surviving heir, and translator of many of his books—has wrestled for three decades with the decision, and after much agonizing, decided to publish against his father’s wishes. Out 11/17

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Complete Hero by Martin Firrell

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Chef Pierre Negrevergne meets Kossi Aguessy

Design has become an essential part of our everyday aesthetics that we seize the opportunity to view it and to advance it.  Such a perk up in design is the “2” Wine collection where French designer Kossi Aguessy gives a new look to Chef Pierre Negreverne’s wine collection.

Chef Negrevergne created a wine collection that does not differ that much from his cuisine; “the wines are simple and go up to the purpose.” The links in his cuisine are based on herbs as agastache, mint, pistachio nut, Basil and vegetables.  The Chef clearly knows that the simpler a dish looks, the more complicated its elaboration is.  His wine breeding does not differ from the ideal dish; Negrevergne claims “at the origin, for the first collection, I stayed in the sobriety of the starting up for the second vintage I tried to create a wine of pleasure above all!  Power the taste of the fruit and a beautiful length in mouth.” — (via yatzer)