Nabokov in America: On the Road to Lolita

by Robert Roper

Book Overview

Born to an eminent Russian family, Vladimir Nabokov came to America fleeing the Nazis and remembered his time here as the richest of his life. Indeed, his best work flowed from his response to this storied land. With charm and insight, Robert Roper fills out this period in the writer's life: his friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell, his role at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. But Nabokov in America finds its narrative heart...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163286388X
• ISBN13: 9781632863881
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"