Brian Boyd, einer der besten Kenner von Nabokovs (18991977) Leben und Werk, beschreibt das liberale aristokratische Milieu, in dem er aufwuchs, die Flucht der Familie aus Rußland, seine Studienzeit in Cambridge, die Ermordung des Vaters in Berl...
Pale Fire is regarded by many as Vladimir Nabokovâs masterpiece. The novel has been hailed as one of the most striking early examples of postmodernism and has become a famous test case for theories about reading because of the apparent...
The story of Nabokovâs 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 securit...
This first major critical biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest of twentieth-century writers, finally allows us full access to the dramatic details of his life and the depths of his art. An intensely private man, Nabokov was uprooted first...