Letters to Vera

by Vladimir Nabokov (Author), Olga Voronina (Editor), Brian Boyd (Editor)

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ISBN-13: 978-0141192239

ISBN-10: 0141192232

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This book was awarded Guardian Books of the Year 2014. No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. Vera Slonim shared his delight at the enchantment of life's trifles and literature's treasures, and he rated her as having the best and quickest sense of humour of any woman he had met. From their meeting in 1921, Vladimir's letters to his beloved Vera form a narrative arc that tells a forty-six year-long love story, and they are memorable in their entirety. Almost always playful, romantic, and pithy, the letters tell us much about the man and the writer; we see that Vladimir observed everything, from animals, faces, speech, and landscapes with genuine fascination.

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Product Details

Paperback: 864 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics (September 25, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141192232
ISBN-13: 978-0141192239
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 2.1 x 9.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #170 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Essays & Correspondence > Letters
- #1259 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Authors
- #3311 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature

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A Bottle of Ink, a Speck of Sun, and You

By Elena Danielson on January 16, 2015

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Given Nabokov's penchant for creating a fictitious persona to present to the world, his early letters are a rare glimpse of the man before he has achieved wealth, fame, and a polished facade. These letters to Vera, small masterpieces, are a rare gift.

This review should come with a warning: I'm highly conflicted about the works of Vladimir Nabokov. In a college class I was once asked to read a selection of paragraphs by various famous authors, without knowing the authors' actual names. I loved all of the selections with the exception of one hideously overwrought landscape description, that was clearly pure kitsch. To this day I despise the source of the quote: Nabokov's "Lolita." Yet one of my all time favorite books is his "Speak Memory." Another is "The Gift." How could the same writer produce both styles?

When I read Brian Boyd's masterful biography of Nabokov, I loved volume 1 about Nabokov the Russian writer, and hated volume 2 about Nabokov the American novelist. Not because of Boyd, but because of the subject. After achieving wealth and fame with "Lolita," Nabokov's self presentations in interviews are particularly egregious: dishonest, arrogant, and great fun to read. Nabokov delighted in hoaxes, doubles, mimicry, and disguises. So I'm grateful that Brian Boyd, with his wealth of knowledge about the "real" Nabokov, was willing to work with the translator Olga Voronina on annotating Nabokov's "Letters to Vera," his fiercely devoted wife. While fact-oriented, Boyd is still dutifully respectful of both the author and his wife. Michael Maar's "Speak, Nabokov," is a useful antidote to the usual hagiography. Maar was the first to point out the obscure German work by Lichberg that foreshadows "Lolita" in terms of subject matter and title.Read more ›

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huge book

By will crow on January 31, 2015

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a tome of literature. this amazing collection is a 40 lb book of huge scope and density. i put it on my back and do pushups, it's a weightlifter's dream. oh, and beautifully written.

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Nice and heavy

By Catherine Young on May 21, 2015

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Such a stunning book. Nice and heavy, feels and looks well made, got this as a gift for a friend. She absolutely loves it and keeps sending me pictures of excerpts. Really gorgeous.

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Five Stars

By mary efremov on December 31, 2014

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just wish Vera had not destroyed her letters to VN

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