Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited by Vladimir Nabokov

Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

Vladimir Nabokov

316 pages first pub 1951 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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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, Des...

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