Selected Letters, 1940–1977: Selected Letters 1940-1977 (The\penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection #929)

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Synopsis: &“Wonderful, compulsively readable, delicious&” personal correspondences, spanning decades in the life and literary career of the author of Lolita (The Washington Post Book World). An icon of twentieth-century literature, Vladimir Nabokov was a novelist, poet, and playwright, whose personal life was a fascinating story in itself. This collection of more than four hundred letters chronicles the author&’s career, recording his struggles in the publishing world, the battles over Lolita, and his relationship with his wife, among other subjects, and gives a surprising look at the personality behind the creator of such classics as Pale Fire and Pnin. &“Dip in anywhere, and delight follows.&” —John Updike