A Revolver to Carry at Night (Zgustova Monika)(Paperback)

A captivating, nuanced portrait of the life of Vra Nabokov, who dedicated herself to advancing her husband's writing career, playing a vital role in the creation of his greatest works. Vra Nabokov (1902-1991) was in many ways the epitome of the wife of a great man: keenly aware of her husband's extraordinary talent, she decided to make his success her ultimate goal, throughout fifty-two years of marriage until his death in 1977. The first reader of his texts, Vra worked as typist and editor. She organized their lives in exile, as they traveled to Berlin, Paris, Switzerland, and, most importantly, the US, where she convinced Vladimir to focus on writing novels in English. She not only controlled the family's finances and contract negotiations, but also attempted to control his friendships--particularly with women--going so far as to audit his classes. In a rich, sweeping
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