1989, ISBN: 0151641900

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780151641901], [PU: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York], JPG; #2#. NOISBN, Jacket, 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 582 pages. Index. Illust… More...

[EAN: 9780151641901], [PU: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York], JPG; #2#. NOISBN, Jacket, 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 582 pages. Index. Illustrated endpapers (butterflies). Description: Includes a section of black and white photo plates - more than 40 photos, facsimiles of letters, and butterfly drawings. ''Vladimir Nabokov's rise from impoverished World War II refugee to literary giant is vividly documented in this volume of more than 400 letters. Although he had published a substantial body of émigré work in Russian, Nabokov was virtually unknown in America on his arrival in 1940 and earned a living as a teacher and lepidopterist while mastering English. The letters trace Nabokov's struggles with publishers and editors to preserve his artistic integrity and to achieve readership for his work. They record his protracted battle to overcome the suppression of Lolita, to insure accuracy in the translation of his own and other authors' work, and to maintain uncompromising standards for literature. His letters also provide a repository for his convictions about literature, other writers, and artistic and personal freedom. He denounced 'frauds' (a favorite term of contempt) and scorned literary fashions. In addition to their value as literary history, Vladimir Nabokov's letters reveal a loving father and devoted husband. BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with cloth at the spine; remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. ISBN: 0-15-164190-0, Books<

1977, ISBN: 9780151641901

Hardcover

New York:: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with cloth at the spine; remainder mark on the bottom e… More...

New York:: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with cloth at the spine; remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.5 inches tall) . Index. Illustrated endpapers (butterflies). Description: Includes a section of black and white photo plates - more than 40 photos, facsimiles of letters, and butterfly drawings.. ''Vladimir Nabokov's rise from impoverished World War II refugee to literary giant is vividly documented in this volume of more than 400 letters. Although he had published a substantial body of émigré work in Russian, Nabokov was virtually unknown in America on his arrival in 1940 and earned a living as a teacher and lepidopterist while mastering English. The letters trace Nabokov's struggles with publishers and editors to preserve his artistic integrity and to achieve readership for his work. They record his protracted battle to overcome the suppression of Lolita, to insure accuracy in the translation of his own and other authors' work, and to maintain uncompromising standards for literature. His letters also provide a repository for his convictions about literature, other writers, and artistic and personal freedom. He denounced 'frauds' (a favorite term of contempt) and scorned literary fashions. In addition to their value as literary history, Vladimir Nabokov's letters reveal a loving father and devoted husband., Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989., 0<