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Liked It “I wanted to get a better understanding of the Nabokov's before I started reading his books. It details their lives from when they first met to the end of her life. They were very intertwined, the two of them. I do enjoy learning about his writing, their values, which were him and his art. There...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I wanted to get a better understanding of the Nabokov's before I started reading his books. It details their lives from when they first met to the end of her life. They were very intertwined, the two of them. I do enjoy learning about his writing, their values, which were him and his art. There is a little more to them as well. Vera viewed her role as to make sure her husband wrote and that the world recognized his contributions to literature. Now, when I do start to read his books, I now know to pay attention to details, he was very much in to describing stories that way as opposed to concrete actions. There is a passage about when he taught at Cornell University of how he use to make his students identify details about the characters, not the obvious, for example, the contents of a purse so you would know that character better. It has been a very interesting look into their world.”
Kristen K wrote this review Monday, August 15, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This biography of Nikolai Nabokov's wife is a love story, as well as the story of a woman who was more than just a "Mrs." to a famous man.”
Mac D wrote this review Saturday, April 2, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Purchased kindle version - 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' 52-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.”
Catherine E wrote this review Friday, August 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I spent much of my stay near Barcelona reading this book on my veranda overlooking the mediterranean, eating olives and cheese. [highly rec homeexchange.com way to travel btw]. Stacy Schiff is an excellent writer/biographer/storyteller and this story is mesmerizing. About writer/translator Nabokov and his wife Vera.”
Call Me Audrey wrote this review Sunday, October 7, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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