That Other World

The foundational text for the acclaimed international best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran"Empathetic, incisive. . . . A sweeping overview of Nabokov''s major works. . . . Graceful [and] discerning."—Kirkus ReviewsThe ruler of a totalitarian state seeks validation from a former schoolmate, now the nation''s foremost thinker, in order to access a cultural cache alien to his regime. A literary criti...