Maxim shrayer drawing on nabokovs unpublished manuscripts and letters, shrayer analyzes the paradigms of nabokovs poetics and tests them in studies of major stories such as spring in fialta and cloud,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. 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. Shrayer, a bilingual author, scholar, and translator, is a professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. The soviet writer bore witness to the horrors of russias world war two and the shoah and deserves a place in literary history, says scholar maxim d shrayer.
Shrayer s anthology of jewishrussian literature won a 2007 national jewish book award, and in 2012. Leaving russia is a love story in which a young jews love is unrequited and his heart is forever broken by his homeland. 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. Says a revisionist biography of the writer is due, which comes to terms with the jewish influence on his work. 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. A dozen notes to nabokovs short stories by maxim d.
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 is the author of the new book a russian immigrant. 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. His many other books include waiting for america and leaving russia. He recommends the best books by and about vasily grossman. Shrayers anthology of jewishrussian literature won a 2007 national jewish book award, and. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. 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. A jewish story is a memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the ussr. Says a revisionist biography of the writer is due, which comes to terms with the jewish. Shrayer, 67 zadie smith, 68 and ki longfellow 69 have also acknowledged nabokov s influence.
Among his books are the world of nabokovs stories and russian poetsoviet jew. He also directs the project on russian and eurasian jewry at harvards davis center. A history of rivalry, was published in 2014 in moscow and became a bestseller. Shrayer is a professor at boston college and a bilingual writer and translator. Lolita 1955 nabokovs most accessible masterpiece, told by one of literatures most seductive monstersand another novel often rated the greatest of the century. Ilya selvinsky and the legacy of bearing witness to.
In this comprehensive study of nabokov s short fiction, maxim d. The best vasily grossman books recommended by maxim d shrayer. 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. Shrayer has 21 books on goodreads with 474 ratings. Apr 04, 20 nabokovs book titled lolita 1955 is his most famous, and this is that book by nabokov which sting famously alludes to. Shrayer is professor of russian and english and chair of the department of slavic and eastern languages at boston college. In the process of revelation shrayer is a probably reluctant contributor to the debunking of the myth. 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. That classic book by nabokov proved to be very controversial and still is, due to the fact that the theme focuses on a middleaged. The world of nabokovs stories by shrayer, maxim, 1967publication date 1999 topics nabokov, vladimir vladimirovich, 18991977 criticism and interpretation publisher austin. 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. 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. 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.
Annette gendler wrote in jewish book world that maxim d. Shrayer, professor of russian, english, and jewish studies, slavic. Jan 16, 2018 maxim shrayer s new book asks why jews have chosen to stay in a politically suffocating country. Jewish stories of russia and america, by david shrayer petrov, ed. A novel and three stories, by david shrayer petrov, ed. Feb 01, 2001 buy the world of nabokov s stories literary modernism series reprint by shrayer, 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. 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. Shrayer slavic and eastern languages and literatures. A dozen notes to nabokov s short stories by maxim d.
In this captivating interpretation of nabokovs career through the prism of his short fiction, maxim d. Shrayer phd yale university is professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. Stories of vladimir nabokov download ebook pdf, epub. The best books on vladimir nabokov a five books interview. In this comprehensive study of nabokovs short fiction, maxim d. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. 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 best books on vladimir nabokov recommended by maxim d shrayer. Shrayer, a translingual author, scholar, and translator, is professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college.
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. Born 1967 to a writers family, shrayer grew up in moscow and emigrated to the united states in 1987. He is a professor of russian, english, and jewish studies at boston college. 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 is a bilingual russianamerican author, translator, and literary. A son of refuseniks chronicles the slow dissolve of russias. 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. Maxim shrayers new book asks why jews have chosen to stay in a politically suffocating country. The novel made fourth place in the list of the modern library 100 best novels. 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. The world of nabokovs stories literary modernism series.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of maxim d shrayer books online. 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. 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. A bilingual author and translator, shrayer recently edited an anthology of jewishrussian literature. Shrayer, author of leaving russia, i saw it, yom kippur in amsterdam, waiting for america, and other books. Among shrayers books are the acclaimed critical studies the world of nabokovs. 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 was born in moscow, in 1967, to a jewishrussian family.
But the maxim of this story has no inkling of this possibility. Shrayer was born and grew up in moscow, ussr, in the family of the writer david shrayer petrov, and the translator emilia shrayer. Nabokovs book titled lolita 1955 is his most famous, and this is that book by nabokov which sting famously alludes to. He has authored and edited over fifteen books of scholarship, nonfiction. Vladimir nabokov 18991977 is perhaps best known in the west for lolita, but shrayer russian literature, boston coll. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner. In this comprehensive study ofnabokovs short fiction, maxim d. Ilya selvinsky and the legacy of bearing witness to the shoah. Shrayer was born and grew up in moscow, ussr, in the family of the writer david shrayerpetrov, and the translator emilia shrayer. 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. The world of nabokovs stories literary modernism series 9780292777569. 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. The world of nabokov s stories by shrayer, maxim, 1967publication date 1999.
In these pages he is a young man who thinks as much about pretty girls as about freedom, sightseeing, and his future. Apr 30, 2012 discover book depositorys huge selection of maxim d shrayer books online. Shrayer, 67 zadie smith, 68 and ki longfellow 69 have also acknowledged nabokovs influence. Born in 1967 to a writers family, shrayer grew up in. Shrayer, a bilingual author, scholar, and translator, is a. Shrayers anthology of jewishrussian literature won a 2007 national jewish book award, and in 2012 he received a guggenheim fellowship. Vladimir nabokov project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Shrayer writes this book almost 15 years later, as a professor of russian and english literature at boston college. 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. A son of refuseniks chronicles the slow dissolve of russia. Shrayer davis center for russian and eurasian studies. 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 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.
Born in moscow in 1967 in a writers family, maxim d. 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. Shrayer was born in 1967 in moscow and immigrated to the united states in 1987. 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. In this captivating interpretation of nabokov s career through the prism of his short fiction, maxim d. The book reveals the dirty secret that nabokov and his family never would admit. Stories of vladimir nabokov download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. 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. Bilingual author and translator with his pick of the five mustreads by and about. 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.
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