Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov .

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons: Wideview/Perigee Books, New York, NY, 1979

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First Edition Thus (1979), so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities and the front panel wants to curl at the outside edge just slightly; the mildest rubbing to the panels; a bit of foxing to the fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 0.85 inches). 316 pages. Sparsely illustrated with vintage duotone photographs and drawings in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 12.4 ounces. Based on the revised edition of 1966. Trade Paperback. Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as "Conclusive Evidence" and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov s life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Luhzin Defense. One of the twentieth century s master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977. "When he is writing about someone or something he loves , he is irresistible; when he is writing about someone or something he despises, he can manage to enlist one s sympathies, if only momentarily, for the object of his contempt.". Seller Inventory # 52051

Bibliographic Details

Title: Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited.

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: Wideview/Perigee Books, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Paperback

Edition: First Edition Thus (1979), so stated.