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Monika Zgustova, una de las especialistas en literatura e historia rusas más importantes de nuestro país, ha buscado durante los últimos nueve años a las pocas mujeres que siguen con vida de entre las que sobrevivieron al gulag para escuchar y transmitir su testimonio antes de que se perdiera para siempre.

In this rich, sweeping novel, Monika Zgustova immerses us in the daily life of this remarkable couple, offering insights into their complex personal and professional relationships, as well as the real people behind characters such as Lolita. Vera considered herself an independent woman, but was she really, when her husband took up so much space? And without Vera, could Nabokov have become one of the twentieth century's greatest writers?

An unexpectedly uplifting account of women’s suffering and resilience in Stalin’s forced-labor camps, diligently transcribed in the kitchens and living rooms of nine survivors.