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New Biography Focuses On Life Of Vladimir Nabokov Before Lolita

Bloomsbury

In 1955,Vladimir Nabokov began his most famous novel, which shocked the world, and placed him in the highest echelon of modern writers. In a new biography, my next guest examines Nabokov’s time in America, in the years leading up to and after the publication of Lolita.

Robert Roper is a novelist and journalist who is on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University. He’ll be appearing at the Ivy Bookshoptonight at 7:00. His new book is called Nabokov in America: On the Road to Lolita.

 

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