The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

Author:   Alex Beam ,  Douglas Pullar
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc
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Publication Date:   06 December 2016
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The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship


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In 1940, Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. Wilson became a mentor to Nabokov, introducing him to every editor of note, assigning to him book reviews for the New Republic, engineering a Guggenheim. Their intimate friendship blossomed over a shared interest in all things Russian, ruffled a bit by political disagreements. But then came Lolita, and suddenly Nabokov was the big (and very rich) dog. Finally the feud erupted in full when Nabokov published his hugely footnoted and virtually unreadable literal translation of Pushkin's famously untranslatable verse novel Eugene Onegin. Wilson attacked his friend's translation with hammer and tong in the New York Review of Books. Nabokov counterattacked in the same publication. Back and forth the increasingly aggressive letters volleyed until their friendship was reduced to ashes by the narcissism of small differences.

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Author:   Alex Beam ,  Douglas Pullar
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc
Imprint:   Tantor Media, Inc
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.072kg
ISBN:  

9781515960119


ISBN 10:   1515960110
Publication Date:   06 December 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse, full of anecdotal ephemera, of how Wilson and Nabokov interacted and why. ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review


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Alex Beam is a columnist for the Boston Globe and a former Moscow correspondent. He is the author of two novels, Fellow Travelers and The Americans are Coming!, as well as three works of nonfiction: American Crucifixion; Gracefully Insane; and A Great Idea at the Time, the latter two both New York Times Notable Books. Douglas Pullar's multicultural and multilingual influences have assisted him greatly in his voice work in various films and series; in corporate, advertising, and tutorial videos; and in creating the unique characters required for a number of computer video games and apps.

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