"Sounds have colors and colors have smells." This sentence in "Ada"" "is only one of the many moments in Nabokov's work where he sought to merge the visual into his rich and sensual writing. This lavishly illustrated study is the first to examine the role of the visual arts in Nabokov's oeuvre and to explore how art deepens the potency of the prominent themes threaded throughout his work. The authors trace the role of art in Nabokov's life, from his alphabetic chromesthesia--a psychological condition in which letters evoke specific colors--to his training under Marc Chagall's painting...