Speak Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
From one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov’s life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Luhzin Defense.
One of the 20th century’s master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
Customer Reviews
My favorite autobiography
Vladimir Nabakov's ability to shape the English language into art is unparalleled. I initially was interested in his autobiography in part just to keep hearing his literay voice after reading most of his English language novels. In this, it does not disappoint. That, combined with his improbable life during "interesting times" make this a great read/listen which my only complaint was that it did not last longer. My other interest in his autobiography came from my desire to find out why he wrote Lolita, possibly confirming a suspicion. It appears to do so.