Speak, Memory
Subtitle: An Autobiography Revisited
Publisher: Vintage
Published: August 28, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780679723394
Subjects: Literary; Biography / Autobiography; Russian Literature; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,; BIO007000; BIO; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Authors, American; 20th century; Authors, Russian; Biography; 1899-1977
First sentence: THE cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.
Description: This book, first published in 1951 as Conclusive evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, examines Nabokov's life and times while offering incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The gift, The real life of Sebastian Knight, and The defense.