1 'Nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die' 2 Sirin, Part One: 'Terror' to The Eye 3 Sirin, Part Two: Glory to The Gift 4 Looking to Other Shores, 1938-40 5 Becoming Vladimir Nabokov: Bend Sinister to Lolita 6 World Fame: Hollywood and Switzerland, 1958-68 7 The Final Arc, 1969-77 References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements
Barbara Wyllie is Deputy Editor of The Slavonic and East European Review. She is the author of Nabokov at the Movies: Film Perspectives in Fiction, and has contributed to many works, including The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov and the Reference Guide to Russian Literature.
'Barbara Wyllie has written a lively and informative introduction into the life and literary career of one of the twentieth centuryıs most important writers. This concise yet comprehensive volume covers the essential details of Nabokov's biography as well as a wide range of works, from his early poetry and dramas to his mature short stories and novels. Well-researched and insightful, this book illuminates the central themes and underlying world-view of a complex and compelling author. - Julian W. Connolly, Professor and Chair in the Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia and editor of the The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov
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