Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov's letters to his wife Véra offer an intimate view of a long marriage and a writer's working life. Affection, humour and close observation run through correspondence spanning decades of travel and literary work. Edited and translated by Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd, this volume includes contextual material and notes to guide the reader through the letters.

Condition: Used hardcover with dust jacket. The pale jacket has light marks, rubbing and edge wear, with small creases and bumps at the spine ends.

  • Publisher: Penguin Classics
  • Publication year: 2014
  • Edition: 2014 Penguin Classics edition, second printing (002); edited and translated by Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 864
  • ISBN-10: 0141192232
  • ISBN-13: 9780141192239

Book details

Edition
2014 Penguin Classics edition, second printing (002); edited and translated by Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd
Subjects
BOOKS, NON FICTION, LETTERS, LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, VLADIMIR NABOKOV, RUSSIAN LITERATURE, BRIAN BOYD
ISBN-13
9780141192239

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