In one of his stories, the narrator catches sight of a shadowless icicle and a red-shadowed parking meter; the last paragraph reveals that those sights were caused by the ghosts of Cynthia and Sybil.
A story by this author follows a couple whose institutionalized son thinks that "everything is a cipher and of everything he is the theme" due to his "referential mania." In one of his stories, the narrator catches sight of a shadowless icicle and a red-shadowed parking meter; the last paragraph reveals that those sights were caused by the ghosts of Cynthia and Sybil. This author of "Signs and Symbols" describes seeing an old swan trying to climb into a boat at the end of a piece about his Swiss governess. This author of "The (*) Vane Sisters" included "Mademoiselle O" in a memoir that also discusses his love of butterfly-collecting. In a novel by this author, the protagonist shoots the playwright of The Enchanted Hunters, Clare Quilty, for kidnapping the title character. For 10 points, name this author of Speak, Memory and Lolita.
A story by this author follows a couple whose institutionalized son thinks that "everything is a cipher and of everything he is the theme" due to his "referential mania.
Vladimir Nabokov