Nicolas Nabokov: A Life in Freedom and Music

by Vincent Giroud

Book Overview

Composer, cultural diplomat, and man about town, Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) counted among his intimate friends everyone from Igor Stravinsky to George Kennan. While today he is overshadowed by his more famous cousin Vladimir, Nicolas Nabokov was during his lifetime an outstanding and far-sighted player in international cultural exchanges during the Cold War and admired by some of the most distinguished minds of his century for his political acumen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199399891
• ISBN13: 9780199399895
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.7" x 9.3"