About the Author

After a brilliant literary career writing in Russian, Vladimir Nabokov(1899-1977) immigrated to the United States in 1940 and went on to an even more brilliant one in English. Between 1939 and 1974 he wrote the autobiography and eight novels collected by the Library of America in an authoritative three-volume set.

Brian Boydis a Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is the author ofNabokov's Pale Fire- The Magic of Artistic Discovery.

Reviews

"There are two ways to read Nabokov (both of them requiring the heeding of his own rule: anything worth reading is worth reading twice). It is quite possible to enjoy his clever plots and his masterly wordplay in English without knowing a single one of his esoteric or abstruse allusions; and it is possible to be infinitely rewarded by knowing, or taking the trouble to find out, just what he means...and means...and means." --Arkansas Democrat Gazette