One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir
Nabokov (1899 - 1977) was born in St Petersburg, but left Russia
when the Bolsheviks seized power. He studied French and Russian
literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and
Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he
moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist,
poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley,
Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux,
Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
His first novel in English was The Real Life of Sebastian Knight,
published in 1941. His other books include Ada or Ardor (1969),
Laughter in the Dark (1933), Pale Fire (1962), the short story
collection Details of a Sunset (1976) and Lolita (1955), his
best-known novel.
"[Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with
hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak,
Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will
relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that
shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose."
--"Harper's"
"Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a
world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times"
" [Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with
hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak,
Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will
relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that
shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." -- "Harper'
s"
" Scintillating... One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of
a world that has vanished forever." -- "New York Times"
"ÝNabokov¨ has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with
hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak,
Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will
relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that
shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose."
--"Harper's"
"Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a
world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times"
"[Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with
hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak,
Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will
relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that
shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose."
--"Harper's"
"Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a
world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times"
" [Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with
hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak,
Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will
relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that
shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." -- "Harper'
s"
" Scintillating... One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of
a world that has vanished forever." -- "New York Times"
"YNabokov has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with
hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak,
Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will
relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that
shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose."
--"Harper's"
"Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a
world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times"
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