Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
- ISBN-10
- 0375755349
- ISBN-13
- 9780375755347
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 456
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author
- Stacy Schiff
Description
Explores the remarkable literary partnership of the Russian author and his wife of fifty-two years
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