Description
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.
Author: Brian Boyd
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01/31/1993
Pages: 800
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.57lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.12w x 1.96d
ISBN13: 9780691024714
ISBN10: 0691024715
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
About the Author
Brian Boyd is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of the prize-winning Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (Princeton 1990), Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (Princeton 1991), and Nabokov's Ada: The Place of Consciousness. Referred to in a recent journal as "the great man of Nabokov studies," he has also edited Nabokov's English novels and autobiography for the Library of America and Nabokov's Butterflies for Beacon Press.