Nabokov's Butterflies
Edited and Annotated by Brian Boyd and Robert Michael Pyle New Translations from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov This extraordinary verbal and visual feast of never-before-seen Nabokoviana presents the great writer's lifelong passions for literature and butterflies through a rich array of novels, stories, poems, autobiography, interviews, diaries, and more, plus a wealth of beautiful and fanciful drawings by Nabokov and photographs of him in the field.
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков; 23 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems. Nabokov's *Lolita* (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at #4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. *Pale Fire* (1962) was ranked at #53 on the same list. His memoir entitled *Speak, Memory* was listed #8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
Nabokov's Butterflies
Edited and Annotated by Brian Boyd and Robert Michael Pyle New Translations from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov This extraordinary verbal and visual feast of never-before-seen Nabokoviana presents the great writer's lifelong passions for literature and butterflies through a rich array of novels, stories, poems, autobiography, interviews, diaries, and more, plus a wealth of beautiful and fanciful drawings by Nabokov and photographs of him in the field.
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PUBLISHERBeacon Press
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков; 23 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems. Nabokov's *Lolita* (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at #4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. *Pale Fire* (1962) was ranked at #53 on the same list. His memoir entitled *Speak, Memory* was listed #8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
