NABOKOV IN AMERICA

The author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, born to an eminent Russian family, conjures the apotheosis of the high modernist ar tist: cultured, refined--as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America fleeing the Nazis, came to think of his time here as the richest of his life. Indeed, Nabokov was not only happiest here, but his best work flowed from his response to thi s exotic land.Robert Roper fills out this period in the writer's life with charm and insight--covering Nabokov's critical friendship with Ed...[Read more]