“Writers all need Vera,” says Lorrie Moore, acclaimed author of Birds of America – meaning, a wife, like Vladimir Nabokov’s, who does everything for them. And how, says The Atlantic:
Twenty-three years after her death, Vera Nabokov remains a revered figure in capital “L” Literature—not necessarily for her own work, but for devoting herself fully to that of her husband, the great Vladimir Nabokov. Vera not only performed all the duties expected of a wife of her era—that is, being a free live-in cook, babysitter, laundress, and maid (albeit, she considered herself a “terrible housewife”)—but also acted as her husband’s round-the-clock editor, assistant, and secretary.
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- Vera: Mrs Vladimir Nabokov by Stacy Schiff
EAN: 9780375755347
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