Selected Letters: 1940-1977

Edited by Dmitri Nabokov (Vladimir's son) and Matthew Bruccoli, Selected Letters brings together an extensive collection of Vladimir Nabokov's correspondence beginning with his 1940 arrival into the United States through to his 1977 death. Nabokov's trademark linguistic wit occasionally shines through, but his letters are mostly professional in nature — generally involving publishers, editors, translators or other business associates — and therefore are not very revealing.