[Yardstick]

Dmitri Nabokov spent much of his life trying to carve a life away from the shadow of his father

It would be hard to be the son or daughter of a legendary talent. I can feel the shadow of my grandfather who was not even a legend but who was very distinguished in certain ways, and this is two generations down.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Indeed, in some ways I consider my great grandfather the “high water mark.”