{"product_id":"speak-memory-by-vladimir-nabokov-9780679723394","title":"Speak, Memory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. \"Scintillating … One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeak, Memory\u003c\/em\u003e was first published by Vladimir Nabokov in 1951 as \u003cem\u003eConclusive Evidence\u003c\/em\u003e and then assiduously revised and republished in 1966. Nabokov's memoir is a moving account of a loving, civilized family, of adolescent awakenings, flight from Bolshevik terror, education in England, and émigré life in Paris and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nabokovs were eccentric, liberal aristocrats, who lived a life immersed in politics and literature on splendid country estates until their world was swept away by the Russian revolution when the author was eighteen years old. \u003cem\u003eSpeak, Memory\u003c\/em\u003e vividly evokes a vanished past in the inimitable prose of Nabokov at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397999214828,"sku":"9780679723394","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27650033482429.jpg?v=1773735210","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/speak-memory-by-vladimir-nabokov-9780679723394","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}