Abstract: Brian Boyd’s Vladimir Nabokov, portraying Nabokov’s life in a special way, represents the biographer’s unique understanding of the subject with artistic skills. The paper attemps to illustrate some aspects of its merits.
Key words: Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years; Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years; Brian Boyd; life history; artistic skill
Cao Jiao is a graduate student at Humanity College, Zhejiang Normal University, China.