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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Vintage International) (Paperback)

by Vladimir Nabokov (Author) "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..." (more)

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Reissue edition (Aug 1989)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0679723390
ISBN-13: 978-0679723394
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A sight into the life Nabokov put on his fictions, 11 Jul 2001

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In this book Navokov let us see how his works were pregnant of his past. It's a collection of several articles, a kind of puzzle, in wich we see through the coloured glass of his fine prose some scenes of his life recreated in his main caracters (Sebastian Knight, for example). He take us from Chapter one (wich begins with the words "The craddle..." and ends with "...the coffin") through his enchanted russian childhood and his first love affair with Tamara to the day he leaves France with his wife and child to begin his american years.More than a common biography you will find a novel that he doubles in 1974's "Look at the harlequins!" in a fine exercise of counterpoint.

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'Speak Memory' is the essential companion for anyone reading Nabokov's fictional works. The writing simply flows across the brain and is easier to read than Proust. I see 'SM' as an extension of what Proust was trying to achieve by transcribing memory into art; however if you can only read English, then reading Proust can be a little disatisfying (sic?) as he's always presented through a translator - no such worries with Nabokov who loved the Englsih language so much to become the greatest stylist since Joyce.

Reading 'SM' can give yourself a personal perspective on your own past and memory and makes one realise that we all have a vault of inspiration within our own minds in which to write about.

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