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June 30, 2010
Books
When Vladimir Nabokov brought Russian poetry into English, he sought to be true to the poets.
Dec. 21, 2008
Obituaries
The younger Nabokov spent much of his life trying to carve a life away from the shadow of his father. But he always returned to protecting his legacy, translating and editing his work while pursuing careers as an opera singer and race car driver.
Feb. 26, 2012
Sports Now
Feb. 16, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
The fragments of Nabokov’s final novel reverberate with echoes of his other work -- and ultimately fail to measure up to them. The book, our reviewer says, is best treated as a curiosity for Nabokov’s fans.
Nov. 15, 2009
Novelist Vladimir Nabokov is not only one of the midcentury masters of prose but also, arguably, our greatest literary cartographer.
Dec. 8, 2016
Given the fact that Vladimir Nabokov, the most private and mendacious of great writers, designated in his will that his personal papers and letters could not be made public until 75 years after the deaths of his wife and son, “VN: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov” by Andrew Field is certainly the most exhaustive and revealing biography of the writer we will see until well into the next century.
Sept. 28, 1986
When Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, the English-speaking world lost one of its most daring and accomplished writers--a novelist of supreme gifts who never tired of pushing in all directions to test the limits of his craft.
Nov. 11, 1990
These 65 stories by Vladimir Nabokov, which his son gathered together in one volume for the first time, bring the reader closer to [his] magic.
Dec. 29, 1996
Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son. They stand too near one another .
Oct. 24, 1989