Silent Love

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is one of Vladimir Nabokov's most autobiographical novels. Sebastian's affair with Nina Rechnoy seems to be an extension of Nabokov's infatuation with Irina Guadanini. The novel also conceals a love affair Sebastian had with a man, reflecting an episode in the life of Nabokov's brother Sergey.

Gerard de Vries- first paper appeared in Russian Literature Triquarterly in 1991 and he has written since many articles on Nabokov-s works, which were published in American, French and Russian academic journals. With D. Barton Johnson he wrote Nabokov and the Art of Painting (2006).