Nabokov in America: On the Road to Lolita, by Robert Roper
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The author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, born to an eminent Russian family, conjures the apotheosis of the high modernist artist: cultured, refined--as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America fleeing the Nazis, came to think of his time here as the richest of his life. Indeed, Nabokov was not only happiest here, but his best work flowed from his response to this exotic land.
Robert Roper fills out this period in the writer’s life with charm and insight--covering Nabokov’s critical friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell, his role at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. ButNabokov in America finds its narrative heart in his serial sojourns into the wilds of the West, undertaken with his wife, Vera, and their son over more than a decade. Nabokov covered more than 200,000 miles as he indulged his other passion: butterfly collecting. Roper has mined fresh sources to bring detail to these journeys, and traces their significant influence in Nabokov’s work: on two-lane highways and in late-’40s motels and cafés, we feel Lolita draw near, and understand Nabokov’s seductive familiarity with the American mundane.Nabokov in America is also a love letter to U.S. literature, in Nabokov’s broad embrace of it from Melville to the Beats. Reading Roper, we feel anew the mountain breezes and the miles logged, the rich learning and the Romantic mind behind some of Nabokov’s most beloved books.
Nabokov in America: On the Road to Lolita, by Robert Roper- Amazon Sales Rank: #116161 in Books
- Brand: Roper, Robert
- Published on: 2015-06-09
- Released on: 2015-06-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.48" h x 1.25" w x 6.63" l, 1.43 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 368 pages
Review
“Fascinating. . . An evocative portrait of the novelist in the United States that's pungent with small, revealing Nabokovian details . . . Mr. Roper has succeeded in making a persuasive case for the essential role America played both in shaping Lolita and helping to configure the gyroscopic spin of Nabokov's later career.” ―Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Nabokov in America is rewarding on all counts, as biography, as photo album (there are many pictures of people, Western landscapes and motels) and as appreciative criticism. Not least, Roper even avoids the arch style so often adopted by critics faintly trying to emulate their inimitable subject.” ―Washington Post
"A learned, intense, and yet approachable book . . . Roper provides a powerful argument for the role America played in shaping one of the 20th century’s literary giants." ―Boston Globe
"Roper, rather stunningly, puts Nabokov, the Russian emigre, fully in America . . . One of the best of all biographical studies of the author." ―Buffalo News, Editor's Choice
“In this enjoyable new biography of his American years, [Roper] follows the author of Lolita and Pale Fire on a 20-year journey across America . . . A fresh look at Nabokov's writing and literary associations, including his contentious friendship with Edmund Wilson. It's a great read.” ―San Jose Mercury News
“Compelling and oddly comic, this tale of the Nabokovs and their life in America is fascinating reading . . . Roper has done a crisp and inspired job exploring this momentous literary figure and his place as a strange piece of 20th-century Americana.” ―starred review, Library Journal
“In this fresh and engaging biography, biographer, novelist, and critic Roper traces the trajectory of his career, friendships, and family life, as well as his indefatigable passion for butterflies. Drawing judiciously on Brian Boyd's Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991) and Stacy Schiff's biography of Vera Nabokov (1999), as well as the writer's correspondence, Roper illuminates such works as Pnin, Speak, Memory, and Pale Fire.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Roper's biography is at once a general introduction and a dissertation on the Russian-born émigré's career and novels written in America . . . Through much original material (notes to publishers, letters to his wife, son Dimitri's memoir), Roper captures Nabokov's arrogance, his brilliance as a lecturer and translator, his passion and mastery of the Russian oeuvre, and his childlike happiness throughout his adult life . . . sure to satiate Nabokov fanatics.” ―Booklist
“The transposition of the highly Europeanized Russian Vladimir Nabokov to America, and his fruitful presence here, is a fascinating adventure that Robert Roper has the estimable chops to convey. I've read a lot of books about Nabokov but this is my favorite.” ―Thomas McGuane
About the Author Robert Roper's journalism appears in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Outside, and other publications. He won the 2002 Boardman-Tasker Prize for his book Fatal Mountaineer, and his most recent book, Now the Drum of War, was an Editor's Choice pick in the New York Times Book Review. He has also published several novels. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University and lives in Baltimore and California.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A fine and important book about a great author By Bruce D. Reeves Lovers of great literature and of Nabokov in particular will find this book invaluable. I thought I knew Nabokov and his work, but I learned a lot reading it. Roper obviously did an astonishing amount of research on his subject, tracking his wanderings in the United States and beyond and his relationships with other writers, editors, and friends (and occasional enemies). Even more impressive is Roper's depth of understanding of Nabokov and the books. Finally, this book is itself beautifully written and a pleasure to read. I'm going to keep it in my library and I know that I will dip back into it frequently.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A Brief Crack of Light By Christian Schlect I have read but two of Vladimir Nabokov's many books, so it is difficult for me to accurately judge Mr. Roper's in-depth literary examination of Nabokov's labors. There is no difficulty in saying that Mr. Roper burned a lot of time and tossed a great amount of effort into researching and intelligently writing "Nabokov in America."I can also say that anyone with an interest in Nabokov will find this book rewarding. The trips west, the high-mountain butterfly collecting, the teaching stint at Cornell, the friendship with Edmund Wilson, his close relationships with wife and child, and, above all, his talented writing are all here.The book is enhanced by extensive end-notes and a good bibliography.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Time and again while reading this it occurred to me that this book could easily be the basis for a multi-part television series By L Mandrake Jr I've read Lolita and Pnin multiple times along with some other works by Vladimir Nabokov, and thought this book would provide some interesting insights into those works. And I was also familiar with the broad outlines of the author's biography.While this book provides less background information on the novels than I was expecting it shares a remarkable family's story. Time and again while reading this it occurred to me that this book could easily be the basis for a multi-part television series. The son alone, though certainly a side character here, is clearly a fascinating character. From the first--where we learn how close run his being in America at all was--to the end, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read.
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