Sergei,

 

Can you or somebody else give exact quote of VN on Leskov? VN and Leskov are what one may characterize as great story-tellers, although in quite different ways. ‘Iron Will’ is my personal favorite by Leskov – I would expect that VN took a note of that story.

 

- George

 

> They may belong to several categories:
for example, a category that my own father used to call "single-book-authors", but some others as well - e.g., somebody to narrow-minded or too peculiar in his personal history or experience, but able to produce interesting texts within this limited field.
I think VN mentions Leskov in this context somewhere.