"[Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that makes
Speak, Memory a constant pleasure to read. Confirmed Nabokovians will relish the further clues and references to his fictional works that shine like nuggets in the silver stream of his prose." –
Harper's "Scintillating ... One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever." –
The New York Times "When he is writing about someone or something he loves, he is irresistible; when he is writing about someone or something he despises, he can manage to enlist one's sympathies, if only momentarily, for the object of his contempt." –
The New York Review of Books
