Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov brought a Russian-European sensibility and dazzling linguistic virtuosity to American fiction after emigrating in 1940. Lolita, his most controversial and celebrated novel, is a tour de force of unreliable narration.
Works
- LolitaNovel depicting a man's obsession with a young girl expressed through unreliable first-person
- Pale FireNovel combining a poem, criticism, and commentary creating a literary puzzle about art
- Ada or ArdorNovel spanning centuries exploring incest, memory, and desire in elaborate, intricate prose
- PninNovel about a timid Russian professor navigating exile and displacement in America
- The Real Life of Sebastian KnightNovel about a man reconstructing his mysterious brother's literary and romantic life