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'Speak, memory' said Vladimir Nabokov. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers-on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Young love, butterflies, tutors and a multitude of other theme thread together to weave an autobiography, which is itself, a work of art.
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The Russian-American novelist, poet, and critic Vladimir Nabokov, (1899-1977) is best known for his novel LOLITA. Nabokov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He began writing for the Russian émigré press in Berlin, under the pseudonym of VladimirSirin. In 1940 Nabokov moved to the United States and five years later became an American citizen. The publication of LOLITA made him a major literary figure. In 1959 Nabokov moved to Switzerland, where he led a reclusive life until his death.
'Speak, memory' said Vladimir Nabokov. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers-on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Young love, butterflies, tutors and a multitude of other theme thread together to weave an autobiography, which is itself, a work of art.
About the Author
The Russian-American novelist, poet, and critic Vladimir Nabokov, (1899-1977) is best known for his novel LOLITA. Nabokov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He began writing for the Russian émigré press in Berlin, under the pseudonym of VladimirSirin. In 1940 Nabokov moved to the United States and five years later became an American citizen. The publication of LOLITA made him a major literary figure. In 1959 Nabokov moved to Switzerland, where he led a reclusive life until his death.
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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