Vladimir Nabokov:
The American Years
Brian Boyd

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Books of 1992

Paper | 1993 | $49.00 / £28.95
804 pp. | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 59 halftones

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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.

Reviews:

"Nabokov has found at last a biographer worthy of him."--Walter Kendrick, The New York Times Book Review

"[Boyd is] an inspired explicator. . . . In Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years [Nabokov's] life and his art intertwine. They work against each other almost as often as they work with each other, and it takes a biographer as skilled as Brian Boyd to keep track of every fascinating twist and turn."--Anne Tyler, The Atlantic

"A munificently detailed biography. . . . [Boyd has] put all readers of Nabokov in his debt."--David Lodge, The Los Angeles Times Book Review

This book has been translated into:

• Spanish
• Polish
• French
• Japanese

Other Princeton books by Brian Boyd:

• Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery.
• Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years.

Subject Areas:

• American Language and Literature
• British Literature
• Comparative Literature

Cloth: Not for sale in the Commonwealth (except Canada) and the European Union

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