A concise introduction to the fascinating creative world of one of the twentieth century's most important writers.
Introduction : the many faces of Vladimir Nabokov11Strong opinions and nerve points : Nabokov's life and art112Nabokov as storyteller313Nabokov as a Russian writer494"By some sleight of land" : how Nabokov rewrote America655Nabokov and modernism856Nabokov as poet1037Nabokov's short fiction1198The major Russian novels1359From Sirin to Nabokov : the transition to English15110Nabokov's biographical impulse : art of writing lives17011The Lolita phenomenon from Paris to Tehran18512Nabokov's late fiction20013Nobokov and cinema21514Nabokov's worldview232