Nabokov, Vladimir

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  • Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited thumbnail

    Amazon CA — From Amazon.com The late Vladimir Nabokov always did things his way, and his classic autobiography is no exception. No dry recital of dates, names, and addresses for this linguistic magician--instead, Speak, Memory is a succession of lapidary episodes, in ...More…

  • Lolita

    Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita triggers a deep conflict within the American psyche about crossing the line between love and the perverse lust for a child. In the bestselling audiobook, Jeremy Irons delivers a smooth, calculating ...More…

  • The Enchanter

    Amazon.com — "The story resides in the introspection..." That insight, about introspection itself constituting the story, is made by Dmitri Nabokov in an essay appended to The Enchanter. As many have noted in so many words, "The Enchanter" lacks ...More…

  • Look at the Harlequins!

    Amazon.com — Metafictional Madness Beginning with a list of the author's "other" books, which don't exist outside the distorted mirror world of what Nabakov calls "LATH" (as he acronymically pegs Look At The Harlequins! within that ...More…

  • Glory

    Amazon.com — Exquisite In spite of multinational references in the book, "Glory" is quintessentially American. Martin Edelweiss (22 years old) is as every bit American as Rabbit Angstrom or Benny Profane (22 and 23 respectively). The unremitting chiseling ...More…

  • Laughter in the Dark

    Amazon.com — Very well written 3.5 stars This is an extremely well written book, but not one of Nabokov's best -- a little too predictable, the main character unbelievably stupid about his mistress, as if Nabokov enjoys despising him. That can be amusing, but it ...More…

  • The Defense

    Amazon.com — chess, madman and his fair maiden An earlier work, this novel is a well-thought-out story of a troubled genius. The setting and characters are recognizable as being from Nabokov's world. The old world European lifestyle, somewhat smelly and pompous, ...More…

  • Despair

    Amazon.com — A most literary homicide... With deliberate reference to Dostoyevsky, and sideways glances at Poe and Kafka, Nabokov's *Despair* takes on the classic literary theme of `the double' with gruesome, and often hilarious, results. Hermann, a failed ...More…

  • Pale Fire

    Amazon.com — Features: ISBN13: 9780679723424 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Amazon.com Review Like Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire is a masterpiece that imprisons us inside the mazelike head of a mad émigré. Yet Pale Fire ...More…

  • The Eye

    Amazon.com — Eye Scream Ewe Scream We All Scream... ... for more Nabokov! If only he'd been as prolific as Anthony Trollope. This short novella, written in Berlin in 1930, is not nearly the apex of Nab's oeuvre, but it's awfully good. Even when no one ...More…

  • Speak, Memory

    Amazon CA — From Amazon.com Even if you already own Nabokov's earthy, otherworldly account of his astounding life, you must buy this 1999 edition. And if you've never read Speak, Memory, you must do so at once. This volume is essential because it includes the ...More…

  • Pale Fire

    Amazon.com — Author Nabokov Vladimir Publication Date 1962More…

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