The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are Vladimir Nabokov, . Speak, memory: an autobiography revisited by Vladimir Nabokov; 29 editions; First published in 1951; Subjects: American Authors, Biography, Russian Authors, Russian Short stories; People: Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977), Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977,), Vladimir V. Nabokov; Times: 20th century Speak, memory: an autobiography revisited by Vladimir Nabokov; 29 editions; First published in 1951; Subjects: American Authors, Biography, Russian Authors, Russian Short stories; People: Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977), Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977,), Vladimir V. Nabokov; Times: 20th century 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 Defense.
Nabokov's sentences are absolutely magical in this book; each one is perfectly evocative of the time and displays the author's brilliant and unique style of writing. From the Trade Paperback edition. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers-on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers-on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. [Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov] -- The author recounts his Russian childhood, his family's … 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 … And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers-on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Speak, Memory was first published by Vladimir Nabokov in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised and republished in 1966. About Speak, Memory. From one of the 20th century’s great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time.