I felt, had Nabokov wanted it abridged, he would have written it shorter, and I suggested to his son Dmitri that he might insist we record it as written.
This expurgated edition, which appears to have been aimed at young readers, included maps and illustrations and was published by a press specializing in geographic literature.
Trying completely to reconcile Mr Harris's work with the mainstream would bowdlerise it, though, as it is more unashamedly Marxist than anything in modern American politics.
The asterisk is often used in writing to show that there is a comment at the bottom of the page or that something has been omited. He added an asterisk to the first page.
But for those who are interested — I did release an uncut version of this video on Nebula that does contain a more uncompromising vision of the kind of scene I had in mind.
Now, if you don't know my story, here is the abridged version: My husband Aaron, died of brain cancer right after I had a miscarriage and after my dad died of cancer.