Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
Author(s): Vladimir Nabokov
An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
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"[Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak, Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." --"Harper's""Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times"
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.305
- : 01 December 2000
- : 198mm X 129mm X 21mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : 288
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Vladimir Nabokov