Secion. Nabokov. Archive. Subtext. Voronina O.Yu.

Vladimir Nabokov resisted reading his prose through the prism of sketches and drafts. However, the complex narrative structure of his works, their stylistic sophistication and ontological multidimensionality can sometimes reveal to the reader only when comparing the primary plan and the final version of artistic texts, whether it is a novel, a story or an autobiographical narrative. “Secretly: Nabokov. Archive. Subtext ”is the experience of the archival interpretation of his works of the late 1930s-mid-1950s: memoirs“ Other shores ”, novels“ Obskura Camera ”,“ Under the sign of illegitimate ”and“ Pnin ”and the stories“ Ultima Thule ”,“ Sisters ” Wayne ”and“ Lance ”with the help of carefully hidden in manuscripts, diaries and letters of Nabokov codes or“ keys ”.

The study includes the publication and analysis of the 1951 diary, rejected by the author, a draft of the end of the novel “Obskura Camera”, Essenth of V.E. Nabokova “On the childhood of Dmitry”, skillfully woven into the last chapter of her husband’s autobiography, as well as a review of correspondence Nabokova with the editor of New Yorker magazine Katarina White, who sheds light on puzzles "Pnina".