Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection) - Tapa dura

"[Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak, Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." --"Harper's" "Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times" " [Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak, Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." -- "Harper' s" " Scintillating... One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever." -- "New York Times" " Nabokov has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes "Speak, Memory" a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." --"Harper's" "Scintillating...One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever." --"New York Times"