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Fortunately, I had Nabokov's short stories.
A great title can be nobly direct (Nabokov's Speak, Memory ; Jack Paar's I Kid You Not ), bitterly cryptic (Josef von Sternberg's Fun in a Chinese Laundry ; Adolf Loos' Nevertheless ), or too clever by half ( Roman by Polanski).
Nabokov's Blues
The centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's birth is marked by the appearance of a biography of his wife, Véra (Mrs.
Critics praise Véra for the details it reveals about the Nabokovs' intense marriage--she was his "editor, typist, secretary, chauffeur, nursemaid, go-between, buffer, researcher and butterfly-catching companion" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). But when you get down to it, "this is really a potted biography of Vladimir Nabokov, told from an unusual angle" (Michael Dirda, the Washington Post ). The PEN celebration featured readings by and about the Nabokovs by Joyce Carol Oates, Dimitri Nabokov, David Remnick, and Véra author Stacy Schiff.