Nabokov's women: the silent sisterhood of textual nomads

'Nabokov's Women' focuses on Nabokov's relationship with his heroines.

Essays by distinguished Nabokov scholars explore the multilayered and nomadic nature of Nabokov's women: their voice and voicelessness, their absentness, the paradigm of power and sacrifice within which they are situated, the paradox of their unattainability, their complex relationship with textual borders, the travel narrative, with the author himself.

Chapter 4, 'Nabokov's Mermaid: 'Spring in Fialta'' by Elena Rakhimova-Sommers, is not available in the ebook format due to digital rights restrictions.

You can find the earlier version of the chapter in the journal Nabokov Studies.