The two-volume set is made up of "The Russian Years" and "Nabokov: The Amercian Years". Both volumes draw on diaries, letters and manuscripts, on archival research in the Soviet Union, Europe and North America and on interviews with Nabokov's family, friends, colleagues, students - on everyone from an ex-fiancee to babysitter and concierges. Vladimir Nabokov was uprooted from his aristocratic lifestyle by the Russian Revolution and fled to impoverishment in France, escaping from Hitler's Germany to finding a home in America ...
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The two-volume set is made up of "The Russian Years" and "Nabokov: The Amercian Years". Both volumes draw on diaries, letters and manuscripts, on archival research in the Soviet Union, Europe and North America and on interviews with Nabokov's family, friends, colleagues, students - on everyone from an ex-fiancee to babysitter and concierges. Vladimir Nabokov was uprooted from his aristocratic lifestyle by the Russian Revolution and fled to impoverishment in France, escaping from Hitler's Germany to finding a home in America and critical and commercial success - and censure - with the publication of "Lolita".
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VG in VG jacket. A large item: Priority and non-US orders please inquire about shipping before placing order. Two volumes in matching grey textured paper over boards, in complementary white and red & white and blue jackets with matching photos of VN to front; 8vos. UK editions, 1990 & 1992, respectively. 607pp. + 783pp. Index, endnotes, b/w plates on paper in each volume. VG/NF. Both volumes have somewhat stiff bindings with audible crackling though all pages holdng well. Pages toned and somewhat inflexible, though clean and unamarked. Boards clean and sharp. Jackets have softening with light creases at spine ends; otherwise sharp, clean and bright with no tears or creases. jackets in Brodarts. Nether remainder nor ex-lib.
