FIRSTVINTAGEINTERNATIONALEDITION, J ANUARY 1990 Copyright © 1973 by Article 3C Trust under the Will of Vladimir Nabokov All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published, in hardcover, by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, in 1973. This edition published by arrangement with the Estate of Vladimir Nabokov. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Strong opinions/Vladimir Nabokov. — 1st Vintage international ed. p. cm. — (Vintage international) “Originally published, in hardcover, by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, in 1973”—Verso t.p. eISBN: 978-0-307-78807-8 1. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977— Interviews. 2. Authors, American—20th century— Interviews. I. Title. [PS3527.A15S7 1990] 813’.54—dc20 89-35741 Additional copyright notices appear under Acknowledgments. Cover art by Mark Abrams Photograph of Vladimir Nabokov © Rues des Archives/ The Granger Collection, New York Cover photograph Alison Gootee v3.1