The Original of Laura: (Dying Is Fun) A Novel in Fragments - Couverture rigide

Nabokov, Vladimir

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0141191155 ISBN 13 : 9780141191157

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2009

Synopsis

This legendary novel has been the source of much anxiety and contention for Nabokov's fans and family. The late Vladimir Nabokov requested that this unfinished work be destroyed, but his son, Dmitri, did not oblige, although neither did he allow the work to be published until now. The Original of Laura is about a wonderfully large man called Philip Wild, married to a very promiscuous woman, and whose meditations concern the nature of death. The novel was complete in Nabokov's mind, though he died before he could translate his vision on to paper. It is hard, however, to imagine any scholars, Nabokov enthusiasts or literature lovers being disappointed by even these fragments.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was born in St Petersburg. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English, most famously Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language and established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian émigré writers. Dmitri Nabokov is Vladimir Nabokov’s son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141191155
• ISBN 13: 9780141191157
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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