Record Number |
726538 |
ISBN |
9780141192239 (hardback) |
Author |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 author. |
Title |
Letters to Vera / Vladimir Nabokov ; translated and edited by Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Penguin Classics, 2014. |
copyright2014. |
Pagination etc. |
lxi, 797 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
Contents note |
Translated from the Russian. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary Note |
No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. Vera Slonim shared his delight at the enchantment of life's trifles and literature's treasures, and he rated her as having the best and quickest sense of humour of any woman he had met. From their meeting in 1921, Vladimir's letters to his beloved Vera form a narrative arc that tells a forty-six year-long love story, and they are memorable in their entirety. Almost always playful, romantic, and pithy, the letters tell us much about the man and the writer; we see that Vladimir observed everything, from animals, faces, speech, and landscapes with genuine fascination. |
Subject - Name |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, -- 1899-1977 -- Correspondence |
Nabokova, Vera -- Correspondence |
Added Author |
Voronina, Olga translator, editor. |
Boyd, Brian, 1952 -, 1952- editor. translator, 1952 -, |
Shelf Location |
816 NABO |