Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years v. 1

by Brian Boyd (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $22.03

  Drawing on diaries, letters and manuscripts, on archival research in the Soviet Union, Europe and North America, and on interviews with Nabokov's family, friends, collegues, students - on everyone from an ex-fiancee to babysitters and concierges - the author captures the colour of Nabokov's life and world: opulent pre-revolutionary Petersburg, a Russian poet's Cambridge, impoverished emigre Berlin and France. The book includes a critical overview of Nabokov's thought and art.