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Vladimir Nabokov : the Russian years / Brian Boyd

by Brian Boyd

The first volume of a biography detailing Vladimir Nabokov's life from his aristocratic Russian childhood to his European exile. It analyses the historical events and personal experiences that influenced his early literary career and philosophical thought.

Accession 15216 ISBN 0691067945 Publisher Princeton University Press
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