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Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
A Biography
by Stacy Schiff
ISBN: 0375755349
ISBN-13: 9780375755347
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This story of the remarkably long and happy marriage of Vladimir and Véra Nabokov emphasizes Véra's extraordinary devotion, which manifested itself in ways that were pivotal to Nabokov's work as both a writer and a teacher. The book brings both Nabokovs to life, and provides fascinating revelations about Vladimir's adulteries, Véra's influence on LOLITA, and-most remarkably-her unwavering contentment with her role in his life as chauffeur, teaching assistant, secretary, muse, and steadfast defender.
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"Schiff details grudges, infidelities and weaknesses, but she never loses sight of the sincerity and beauty of the couple's love. And she does...a thorough job of exposing both the mundane and the dramatic aspects of the duo's relationship." -- Mary Elizabeth Williams
-- Salon
"Schiff's entertaining biography powerfully argues that in effacing herself for her husband's aggrandizement, Véra Nabokov entered history arm in arm with one of the century's greatest men of letters."
-- Kirkus
"It would be easy to read Vera Nabokov's story as a tragedy of female artistic talent squandered in the service of egomaniacal male genius...but in fact Shiff's elegant biography is anything but a whining plaint of oppression. It is, instead, a sensitive rendering of one of the century's great love stories. The book probes delicately into the considerable mysteries at the heart of a happy marriage, and in so doing belies the prevailing notion of the writer's wife as an unfortunate helpmeet to be pitied." -- Will Blythe
-- Mirabella
"This portrait of a 52-year marriage...opens up Nabokov's private life....But the triumph of VERA is not just in providing entrée to her famous husband. She fascinates in her own right..." -- Lyndall Gordon
-- New York Times Book Review
"The earlier chapters are the strongest in this well-researched book....[W]hen the book comes to the American and Swiss years of the Nabokovs' lives, the weight of the reminiscences and anecdotes slows the pace of the narrative." -- Brenda Maddox
-- Literary Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2000
Size: 5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and hailed by critics as both "monumental" (The Boston Globe) and "utterly romantic" (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff's Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time. Vladimir Nabokov--the émigré author of Lolita; Pale Fire; and Speak, Memory--wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, Véra, and third for no one at all.
"Without my wife," he once noted, "I wouldn't have written a single novel." Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the century, the story of the Nabokovs' fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Véra, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine--a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiff's Véra is a triumph of the biographical form.
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2000 Softcover. Sound, clean & nice copy, light rubbing/edgewear to wraps.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/n/a. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
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New York: Modern Library, 2000 xiv, 456 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Rubbed corners. Browning. Another copy available. "Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and hailed by critics as both 'monumental' (The Boston Globe) and 'utterly romantic' (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff's Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time. Vladimir Nabokov--the émigré author of Lolita; Pale Fire; and Speak, Memory--wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, Véra, and third for no one at all. 'Without my wife,' he once noted, 'I wouldn't have written a single novel.' Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the century, the story of the Nabokovs' fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Véra, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine--a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiff's Véra is a triumph of the biographical form. / Stacy Schiff is the author of Saint-Exupéry: A Biography. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, she lives in New York City and in western Canada." - Publisher.. 2nd printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2000 Softcover. Sound & nice copy, light rubbing / edgewear to wraps. Mild water damage at bottom of first 39 pages.. Trade Paperback. Good/n/a. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
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Vera : Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov (Modern Library Ser.)
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2000. 456 pages.. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Conlin Book Scouting (United States)
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New York: Modern Library, 2000 xiv, 456 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and hailed by critics as both 'monumental' (The Boston Globe) and 'utterly romantic' (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff's Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time. Vladimir Nabokov--the émigré author of Lolita; Pale Fire; and Speak, Memory--wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, Véra, and third for no one at all. 'Without my wife,' he once noted, 'I wouldn't have written a single novel.' Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the century, the story of the Nabokovs' fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Véra, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine--a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiff's Véra is a triumph of the biographical form. / Stacy Schiff is the author of Saint-Exupéry: A Biography. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, she lives in New York City and in western Canada." - Publisher.. 2nd printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 2000. 456 pages. Trade softcover. Moderate wear to edges, reading crease; clean pages; solid book. "Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the century, the story of the Nabokov's 52 year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Vera, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine- a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy.". ISBN: 0375755349. Soft Cover. Good Plus. ( more information) Offered by Easy Chair Books (United States)
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New York: Modern Library, 2000 Biography of the wife of author Vladimir Nabokov. Minor shelf wear. Text is clean and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Ted Mihm, Bookseller (United States)
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Vera : Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov (Modern Library Ser.)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 2000, 2000. Paperback. VG-. 456pp. Extremities rubbed & chipped; sticker on rear cover. Photos; notes; biblio.; index.. Paperback. VG-. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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The Modern Library, New York: 2000. Softcover. Good condition. Brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love sories of our time. Vladimir Nabokov wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, Vera, Vera, and third for no one at all. "Without my wife," he once noted, "I wouldn't have written a single novel." Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the twentieth century, the story of the Nabokovs' fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0375755349. ( more information) Offered by Ad Infinitum Books (United States)
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Vera (Mrs. Vadimir Nabokov)
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New York: Modern Library, 2000 pages clean. binding tight. edge wear with ink chips. front corners dented and creased. top and bottom binding edges dented. . 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. ( more information) Offered by after-words bookstore (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Modern Library, 2000. No DJ as issued. Cover is artfully illustrated paper on light boards, there is some wear to edges and corners. Spine is ilustrated paper with white lettering. Cover, Pages and Binding are clean and tight, has slight damage from dampness.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Top Notch books (United States)
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VERA [MRS. VLADIMIR NABOKOV]
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Modern Library. ISBN:0375755349.Paperback.Small octavo.456 pages.Very good.. 2000. Paperback. Clean and tight.Minor cover wear.Pages lightly tanned.Keywords: Biography, Vera Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov. ( more information) Offered by LINCBOOK.COM (United States)
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