{"product_id":"vera-mrs-vladimir-nabokov-9780375755347","title":"Vera: Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Witches \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"an elegantly nuanced portrait of [Vladimir Nabokov's] wife, showing us just how pivotal Nabokov's marriage was to his hermetic existence and how it indelibly shaped his work.\"--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE\u003c\/i\u003e'S 50 BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Monumental.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Utterly romantic.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply moving.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStacy Schiff brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time: Vladimir Nabokov, émigré author of \u003ci\u003eLolita; Pale Fire; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpeak, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, and his beloved wife, Véra. Nabokov wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, and third for no one at all. \"Without my wife,\" he once noted, \"I wouldn't have written a single novel.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the twentieth century, the story of the Nabokovs' fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Véra, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine--a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiff's \u003ci\u003eVéra\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of the biographical form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStacy Schiff's\u003c\/b\u003e Saint Exupéry was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523558478098,"sku":"9780375755347","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_014cf71a-2afa-4b0f-97ae-5f814d6700c1.jpg?v=1731152213","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vera-mrs-vladimir-nabokov-9780375755347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}