The Tender Friendship and the Charm of Perfect Accord: Nabokov and His Father

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The Tender Friendship and the Charm of Perfect Accord The Tender Friendship and the Charm of Perfect Accord h Nabokov and His Father Gavriel Shapiro The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2014 All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2017 2016 2015 2014 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shapiro, Gavriel. The Tender Friendship and the Charm of Perfect Accord : Nabokov and His Father / Gavriel Shapiro. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-472-11918-9 (hardback : acid-free paper)—ISBN 978-0-472-02989-1 (e-book) 1. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899–1977—Family. 2. Nabokov, Vladimir, 1869–1922—Family. 3. Authors, Russian—20th century—Biography. 4. Fathers and sons—Russia—Biography. I.Title. PG3476.N3Z8639 2013 813'.54—dc23 [B] 2013035569 To the blessed memory of my father, Dr. Yaakov Shapiro, and to my mother, Dr. Ella Leizerovsky ...