Annette gendler wrote in jewish book world that maxim d. The novel made fourth place in the list of the modern library 100 best novels. Shrayer writes this book almost 15 years later, as a professor of russian and english literature at boston college. He recommends the best books by and about vasily grossman. Apr 30, 2012 discover book depositorys huge selection of maxim d shrayer books online. Lolita 1955 nabokovs most accessible masterpiece, told by one of literatures most seductive monstersand another novel often rated the greatest of the century. The text is supplemented by a fairly detailed chronology of nabokovs life and works and by a selected bibliography, which, though not extensive enough to be of interest to the veteran nabokov scholar, includes a useful list of french translations of nabokovs works.
Shrayer explores how nabokov eclipsed the achievements of the great russian masters of the short story, anton chekhov and others, with whom he maintained a dialogic relationship even as he became in exile from russia and his native. Ilya selvinsky and the legacy of bearing witness to the shoah. The world of nabokovs stories literary modernism series. Apr 04, 20 nabokovs book titled lolita 1955 is his most famous, and this is that book by nabokov which sting famously alludes to.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of maxim d shrayer books online. Shrayer, a translingual author, scholar, and translator, is professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. Feb 22, 2016 highlights from one of the last interviews with dmitri nabokov 19342012, opera singer and literary translator, son of vladimir nabokov and vera nabokov nee slonim. Shrayer is a bilingual russianamerican author, translator, and literary. The best books on vladimir nabokov a five books interview. Shrayer is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships, including those from the guggenheim foundation, the national endowment for the humanities, the rockefeller foundation, and the bogliasco foundation. Shrayers stunning memoir is an engaging story of growing up as the son of jewish intellectuals in moscow who applied for emigration when he was ten to give him a future as a jew. The world of nabokov s stories by shrayer, maxim, 1967publication date 1999.
But the maxim of this story has no inkling of this possibility. The question of vladimir nabokovs literary debt to franz kafka is a puzzling one, clouded as it is by nabokovs own obfuscatory remarks denying genetic ties with the germanjewish modernist from prague nabokovs principal statements on kafka are found in lectures on literature. In this comprehensive study ofnabokovs short fiction, maxim d. Shrayer s anthology of jewishrussian literature won a 2007 national jewish book award, and in 2012. A bilingual author and translator, shrayer recently edited an anthology of jewishrussian literature. A novel and three stories, by david shrayer petrov, ed. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. A son of refuseniks chronicles the slow dissolve of russia.
The world of nabokovs stories by shrayer, maxim, 1967publication date 1999 topics nabokov, vladimir vladimirovich, 18991977 criticism and interpretation publisher austin. Shrayers anthology of jewishrussian literature won a 2007 national jewish book award, and in 2012 he received a guggenheim fellowship. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. On saturday, april 5, 2014 we were pleased to host this book reading and signing by national book award finalist and guggenheim fellow maxim d. In this comprehensive study of nabokov s short fiction, maxim d.
He investigates nabokov s dialogue with chekhov and his rivalry with bunin over such issues as the use of narrative closure and the nature of love. The lecture will show that the creation of nabokovs novel was a testament not only to what nabokov knew and did not know about the shoah, but also to the american cultural context of his novel. Ilya selvinsky and the legacy of bearing witness to. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of a jewish family that never gave up its hopes for a better life.
Shrayer is professor of russian and english and chair of the department of slavic and eastern languages at boston college. Shrayer, 67 zadie smith, 68 and ki longfellow 69 have also acknowledged nabokovs influence. A dozen notes to nabokovs short stories by maxim d. Jewish stories of russia and america, by david shrayer petrov, ed. Among his books are the world of nabokovs stories and russian poetsoviet jew. Shrayer explores how nabokov eclipsed the achievements of the great russian masters of the short story, anton chekhov and others, with whom he maintained a dialogic relationship even as he became in exile from russia and his native tradition an american writer. Born 1967 to a writers family, shrayer grew up in moscow and emigrated to the united states in 1987.
Shrayers anthology of jewishrussian literature won a 2007 national jewish book award, and. Shrayer was born and grew up in moscow, ussr, in the family of the writer david shrayerpetrov, and the translator emilia shrayer. Feb 01, 2001 buy the world of nabokov s stories literary modernism series reprint by shrayer, maxim d. Shrayer, on the closing day of our 2014 exhibition, proposals of belonging. Shrayer, a bilingual author, scholar and translator, is a professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. Shrayer has 21 books on goodreads with 474 ratings. Shrayer phd yale university is professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. The question of vladimir nabokov s literary debt to franz kafka is a puzzling one, clouded as it is by nabokov s own obfuscatory remarks denying genetic ties with the germanjewish modernist from prague nabokov s principal statements on kafka are found in lectures on literature, 249. Says a revisionist biography of the writer is due, which comes to terms with the jewish influence on his work. Among shrayers books are the acclaimed critical studies the world of nabokovs. Shrayer explores how nabokov eclipsed the achievements of the great russian masters of the short story, anton chekhov and ivan bunin, with whom he maintained a dialogic relationship even as he becamein exile from russia and his native traditionan american writer. Stories of vladimir nabokov download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. A bilingual writer and translator, shrayer has authored and edited a number of books, among them the pathbreaking critical studies the world of nabokovs stories and russian poet soviet jew, the acclaimed literary memoir waiting for america. Coraghessan boyle said that nabokov s playfulness and the ravishing beauty of his prose are ongoing influences on his writing, 64 and jhumpa lahiri, 65 marisha pessl, 66 maxim d.
With his parents, emilia shrayer and david shrayerpetrov, he spent almost nine years as a refusenik and immigrated to the united states in 1987, after spending a summer in austria and italy. Maxim shrayer drawing on nabokov s unpublished manuscripts and letters, shrayer analyzes the paradigms of nabokov s poetics and tests them in studies of major stories such as spring in fialta and cloud, castle. In the process of revelation shrayer is a probably reluctant contributor to the debunking of the myth. The best books on vladimir nabokov recommended by maxim d shrayer. The lecture will show that the creation of nabokov s novel was a testament not only to what nabokov knew and did not know about the shoah, but also to the american cultural context of his novel. Shrayer explores how nabokov eclipsedthe achievements of the great russian masters of the short story, antonchekhov and ivan bunin, with whom he maintained a dialogic relationshipeven as he becamein exile from russia and his native traditionan americanwriter. Shrayer, professor of russian, english, and jewish studies, slavic. Maxim shrayers new book asks why jews have chosen to stay in a politically suffocating country. Shrayer, 67 zadie smith, 68 and ki longfellow 69 have also acknowledged nabokov s influence. A dozen notes to nabokov s short stories by maxim d. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nabokov was born on 22 april 1899 10 april 1899 old style, in saint petersburg, to a wealthy and prominent family of the russian nobility that traced its roots to the 14thcentury tatar prince nabok murza, who entered into the service of the tsars, and from whom the family name is derived 16 his father was the liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist vladimir dmitrievich nabokov.
Born in 1967 to a writers family, shrayer grew up in. Shrayer was born in 1967 in moscow and immigrated to the united states in 1987. Buy the world of nabokovs stories literary modernism series reprint by shrayer, maxim d. Shrayer was born in moscow, in 1967, to a jewishrussian family. Vladimir nabokov 18991977 is perhaps best known in the west for lolita, but shrayer russian literature, boston coll. He has authored and edited over fifteen books of scholarship, nonfiction. The best vasily grossman books recommended by maxim d shrayer. Shrayer, a bilingual author, scholar, and translator, is a.
Bilingual author and translator with his pick of the five mustreads by and about. The world of nabokovs stories literary modernism series 9780292777569. Nabokovs book titled lolita 1955 is his most famous, and this is that book by nabokov which sting famously alludes to. Nov 22, 20 leaving russia is a love story in which a young jews love is unrequited and his heart is forever broken by his homeland. Maxim shrayer drawing on nabokovs unpublished manuscripts and letters, shrayer analyzes the paradigms of nabokovs poetics and tests them in studies of major stories such as spring in fialta and cloud, castle. His many other books include waiting for america and leaving russia. Shrayer is the author of the new book a russian immigrant. In these pages he is a young man who thinks as much about pretty girls as about freedom, sightseeing, and his future. Shrayer is a professor at boston college and a bilingual writer and translator. Shrayer explores how nabokov eclipsed the achievements of the great russian masters of the short story, anton chekhov and ivan bunin, with whom he maintained a dialogic relationship even as he became in exile from russia and his native tradition an american writer. A son of refuseniks chronicles the slow dissolve of russias. In this captivating interpretation of nabokovs career through the prism of his short fiction, maxim d.
Jan 16, 2018 maxim shrayer s new book asks why jews have chosen to stay in a politically suffocating country. Vladimir nabokov project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. On the 120th anniversary of the birth of vladimir nabokov, maxim shrayer recalls his visit to montreux, where he spoke to dmitri nabokov before his death. In this captivating interpretation of nabokov s career through the prism of his short fiction, maxim d. In this comprehensive study of nabokovs short fiction, maxim d. With his parents, the writer and medical scientist david shrayer petrov and the philologist and translator emilia shrayer polyak, he spent almost nine years as a refusenik. He also directs the project on russian and eurasian jewry at harvards davis center. Born in moscow in 1967 in a writers family, maxim d. Drawing on nabokov s unpublished manuscripts and letters, shrayer analyzes the paradigms of nabokov s poetics and tests them in studies of major stories such as spring in fialta and cloud, castle, lake. With his parents, the writer and medical scientist david shrayerpetrov and the philologist and translator emilia shrayer polyak, he spent almost nine years as a refusenik. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner. Shrayer was born in moscow in 1967 to a jewishrussian family. Together with his parents he spent almost 9 years as a refusenik before immigrating to the us in the summer of 1987.
Shrayer has authored ten books, among them the memoir waiting for america, the collection yom kippur in amsterdam, and the holocaust study i saw it. The book reveals the dirty secret that nabokov and his family never would admit. With his parents, emilia shrayer and david shrayerpetrov, he spent almost nine years as a refusenik and immigrated to the united states in 1987, after spending a summer in austria and italy shrayer has studied at moscow university, brown, rutgers, and received his phd at yale in 1995. Shrayer was born and grew up in moscow, ussr, in the family of the writer david shrayer petrov, and the translator emilia shrayer. Bilingual author and translator with his pick of the five mustreads by and about nabokov. Shrayer has authored over ten books, among them, the memoir waiting for america, the story collection yam kippur in amsterdam, and the holocaust study i saw it. That classic book by nabokov proved to be very controversial and still is, due to the fact that the theme focuses on a middleaged. Coraghessan boyle said that nabokovs playfulness and the ravishing beauty of his prose are ongoing influences on his writing, 64 and jhumpa lahiri, 65 marisha pessl, 66 maxim d. A jewish story is a memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the ussr. He is a professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. A history of rivalry, was published in 2014 in moscow and became a bestseller. Shrayer, author of leaving russia, i saw it, yom kippur in amsterdam, waiting for america, and other books.