内容简介
Fromoneofthe20thcentury'sgreatwriterscomesoneofthefinestautobiographiesofourtime.Speak,MemorywasfirstpublishedbyVladimirNabokovin1951asConclusiveEvidenceandthenassiduouslyrevisedandrepublishedin1966.TheEveryman'sLibraryeditionincludes,forthefirsttime,thepreviouslyunpublished"Chapter16"--themostsignificantunpublishedpieceofwritingbythemaster,newlyreleasedbytheNabokovestate--whichprovidedanextraordinaryinsightintoSpeak,Memory.Nabokov'smemoirisamovingaccountofaloving,civilizedfamily,ofadolescentawakenings,flightfromBolshevikterror,educationinEngland,andémigrélifeinParisandBerlin.TheNabokovswereeccentric,liberalaristocrats,wholivedalifeimmersedinpoliticsandliteratureonsplendidcountryestatesuntiltheirworldwassweptawaybytheRussianrevolutionwhentheauthorwaseighteenyearsold.Speak,MemoryvividlyevokesavanishedpastintheinimitableproseofNabokovathisbest.
作者简介
VladimirVladimirovichNabokovwasbornonApril23,1899,inSt.Petersburg,Russia.TheNabokovswereknownfortheirhighcultureandcommitmenttopublicservice,andtheelderNabokovwasanoutspokenopponentofantisemitismandoneoftheleadersoftheoppositionparty,theKadets.In1919,followingtheBolshevikrevolution,hetookhisfamilyintoexile.FouryearslaterhewasshotandkilledatapoliticalrallyinBerlinwhiletryingtoshieldthespeakerfromright-wingassassins.