A Revolver to Carry at Night A Novel【電子書籍】[ Monika Zgustova ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A captivating, nuanced portrait of the life of V?ra Nabokov, who dedicated herself to advancing her husband’s writing career, playing a vital role in the creation of his greatest works.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞V?ra Nabokov (1902?1991) was in many ways the epitome of the wife of a great man: keenly aware of her husband’s extraordinary talent, she decided to make his success her ultimate goal, throughout fifty-two years of marriage until his death in 1977. The first reader of his texts, V?ra worked as typist and editor. She organized their lives in exile, as they traveled to Berlin, Paris, Switzerland, and, most importantly, the US, where she convinced Vladimir to focus on writing novels in English. She not only controlled the family’s finances and contract negotiations, but also attempted to control his friendshipsーparticularly with womenーgoing so far as to audit his classes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this rich, sweeping novel, Monika Zgustova immerses us in the daily life of this remarkable couple,．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る