Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years

By Kristen Hamelin Tracey
March 31, 2024
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How can you fit a complex life into a single book? Some biographies are so replete with research and sometimes criticism that they refuse to be confined, instead expanding into multiple volumes—some more successfully than others. Brian Boyd’s Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years is one...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Vladimir Nabokov

Literature Vladimir Nabokov

By Brandon Gonzales
December 18, 2023
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1.Vladimir Nabokov’s (1899-1977) family was incredibly wealthy. The sale of one of his mother’s pearl necklaces afforded two years of Nabokov’s Cambridge tuition. 2. He was not merely an occasional butterfly catcher but was an expert lepidopterist. His expert knowledge made him the curator of...

No Ordinary Writer: John Banville on Influences and Fashioning “a Singular Voice”

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By Charles Carlini
July 14, 2021
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Irish novelist, screenwriter, and reviewer John Banville (1945 -) is the author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction including the Booker Prize-winning novel The Sea. Simply Charly: You’ve been described as the literary “heir to Proust, via Nabokov.” Yet, you’ve pointed to Henry James and...