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4 de abr. de 2000 · Vera Slonim Nabokov may be one of the most difficult women for a biography--she deliberately lived in the shadow of her famous husband. But Stacy Schiff does an amazing job, piecing together Vera's life from stories about her family and her husband Vladimir Nabokov. In particular, I appreciated two aspects of the book.
Scope. The book is dedicated to his wife, Véra, and covers his life from 1903 until his emigration to America in 1940.The first twelve chapters describe Nabokov's remembrance of his youth in an aristocratic family living in pre-revolutionary Saint Petersburg and at their country estate Vyra, near Siverskaya.The three remaining chapters recall his years at Cambridge and as part of the Russian ...
3 de nov. de 2015 · He was quite capable of lying to Vera about his encounters with others. (letters from 1937.) I once talked with Nina Berberova about him. She was one of the early readers who discovered his genius when he was a penniless emigre poet giving readings in Paris. She was not overly fond of Vera, and she felt that Nabokov was hiding things.
20 de sept. de 2019 · Véra siempre llevaba un revolver en el bolsillo para defender a Nabokov, su marido. Un título muy potente y gráfico que hace referencia al revolver que siempre llevaba un en su bolso Véra Nabokov, para defender a su marido de un posible ataque o atentado, ya que el padre del escritor, un político y abogado ruso, fue asesinado en 1922.
24 de oct. de 2009 · The 77-year-old Nabokov and his devoted wife, Vera, had lived there, amid the marble and chandeliers of the Montreux Palace Hotel, for more than 15 years. Mitgang was to be slightly frustrated.
19 de oct. de 2017 · Briefe an Véra öffnet die Tür zum Arbeitszimmer und zeigt uns Nabokov nicht in seiner harten Hülle als Genie, sondern als sanften, verletzlichen praktizierenden Schrifststeller. Wieder und wieder sehen wir, was Charles Kinbote, in Fahles Feuer, die Magie eines Verstandes nennt, der die 'Welt wahrnimmt und transzendiert, sie in Besitz nimmt und zerlegt und ihre Teile neu zusammensetzt.
11 de abr. de 1991 · Vera Nabokov, the widow of Vladimir Nabokov and the manager of his publishing affairs, died Sunday in Vevey, Switzerland. She was 89 years old. She died after a brief illness, her son, Dmitri, said.
