Silent Love

Gerard de Vries first paper appeared in Russian Literature Triquarterly in 1991 and he has written since many articles on Nabokov's works, which were published in American, French and Russian academic journals. With D. Barton Johnson he wrote Nabokov and the Art of Painting (2006).

• Acknowledgments Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: AnnotationsChapter 3: Motifs: NarrativeChapter 4: Motifs: IdentitiesChapter 5: Motifs: Death and BeyondChapter 6: ConclusionWorks CitedIndex

“This comprehensive analysis offers a very close reading of the text that proves to be particularly revealing in terms of Nabokov’s method. … After giving essential background information on the genesis of the novel, … de Vries illuminates its extraordinary complexity. His insightful comments unveil the scope of the novel’s references and allusions.” — Irina Marchesini, SEER, Vol. 96, No. 2