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Nabokov has found at last a biographer worthy of him.
(Walter Kendrick The New York Times Book Review )
[Boyd is] an inspired explicator. . . . In Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years [Nabokov's] life and his art intertwine. They work against each other almost as often as they work with each other, and it takes a biographer as skilled as Brian Boyd to keep track of every fascinating twist and turn.
(Anne Tyler The Atlantic )
A munificently detailed biography. . . . [Boyd has] put all readers of Nabokov in his debt.
(David Lodge The Los Angeles Times Book Review )
(Walter Kendrick The New York Times Book Review )
[Boyd is] an inspired explicator. . . . In Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years [Nabokov's] life and his art intertwine. They work against each other almost as often as they work with each other, and it takes a biographer as skilled as Brian Boyd to keep track of every fascinating twist and turn.
(Anne Tyler The Atlantic )
A munificently detailed biography. . . . [Boyd has] put all readers of Nabokov in his debt.
(David Lodge The Los Angeles Times Book Review )
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The story of Nabokov's life continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. He found that supporting himself and his family was not easy--until the astonishing success of Lolita catapulted him to world fame and financial security.
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NABOKOV had left Russia in 1919 on a crowded little cargo ship, playing chess with his father on its deck as Bolshevik machine guns strafed the waters of Sebastopol harbor. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
NABOKOV had left Russia in 1919 on a crowded little cargo ship, playing chess with his father on its deck as Bolshevik machine guns strafed the waters of Sebastopol harbor. Read the first page
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