The Real Life of Sebastian Knight - Couverture souple

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811206440 ISBN 13 : 9780811206440

Editeur : New Directions, 2008

Synopsis

A perversely, magical, literary detective story about the mysterious life of the famous writer, a biography as it were, narrated by his half brother.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." -- John Updike

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing climax -- about the mysterious life of a famous writer. Many people knew things about Sebastian Knight as a distinguished novelist, but probably fewer than a dozen knew of the two love affairs that so profoundly influenced his career, the second one in such a disastrous way. After Knight's death, his half brother sets out to penetrate the enigma of his life, starting with a few scanty clues in the novelist's private papers. His search proves to be a story as intriguing as any of his subject's own novels, as baffling, and, in the end, as uniquely rewarding.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman ('his slapdash and very misleading book'), the narrator, V, sets out to record Sebastian Knight's life as he understands it. But buried amid the extensive quoting, digressions, seeming explanations and digs, Sebastian's erratic and troubled persona remains as elusive as ever. Nabokov's first novel written in English, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a nuanced, enigmatic potrayal of the conflict between the real and the unreal, and the futile quest for human truth.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0811206440
• ISBN 13: 9780811206440
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible