Nabokov, or The Invention of Happiness (2011)
Illustration © Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi
| Lila's first book, Nabokov, or The Invention of Happiness, a combination of fiction and essay celebrating happiness according to Vladimir Nabokov, will be published in 2011 by Norton in the United States and Penguin in England. Read more about Lila's books » |
Photo © 2010 Hank Gans |
Lila participated in the PEN World Voices Festival 2010 in New York City from April 26 to May 2. View Lila's author page at PEN.org.
Nabokov, or The Invention of Happiness will appear in 2011 in the US, the UK, France and Holland.
Lila took part in the panel Lolita in America in New York this fall, and discussed the burning of books in a talk titled "Destroy and Forget: The Secret of Durable Pigments." Read an overview of the conference.
Read Lila's articles on Nabokov's unfinished last novel, The Original of Laura:
- 33 Years After Nabokov's Death
- Interview with Dmitri Nabokov
- A Unique "Objet D'Art"
- Laura's Friends and Foes
Lila is interviewed by Anna Clark at the Center for New Words.
"I have always dreaded reading and books. Yet I am about to tell the story of a handful of books which turned my fortunes. The adventures on which they sent me were entirely imaginary. Or at least, at first they were. They required no visits to reclusive Amazonian tribes or inhabitants of remote Muscovy. They took no toll on lazy feet and reluctant stomachs."
[From Foreword to Nabokov, or The Invention of Happiness: "Why Read This or Any Other Books?"]