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Original of Laura by Vladímir Nabokov (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307271897
ISBN-139780307271891
eBay Product ID (ePID)72344735
Product Key Features
Book TitleOriginal of Laura
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Literary
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorVladímir Nabokov
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight43.9 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-026357
Preface byNabokov, Dmitri
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"In these pages readers will find bright flashes of Nabokovian wordplay and surreal, Magritte-like descriptions." - The New York Times "Tantalizing, fascinating. . . . A generous gift to readers. . . . Filled with sly wit and memorable images." - The Christian Science Monitor "A beautifully printed objet d'art in its own right, the book of previously unpublished writings offers a thrilling insight into the great writer's creative process, 28 years after his death." - The Kansas City Star "A unique chance to see the master out of control. . . . It's like seeing an unfinished Michelangelo sculpture--one of those rough, half-formed giants straining to step out of its marble block. It's even more powerful, to a different part of the brain, than the polish of a David or a Lolita." - New York magazine "This is no ordinary manuscript. . . . The Original of Laura is an astonishingly accurate representation of a genius' shards. But, my God, what shards these are. What devotee of Nabokov, much less mere reader, could possibly regret Dmitri Nabokov's decision to give us this gift? . . . What we have is a novelistic genius's fever dream-one of the great literary talents of his century aswirl with ideas and last thoughts." - The Buffalo News "Nabokov's last metafictive parable. . . . One of the most interesting short stories Nabokov never wrote." - San Francisco Chronicle "Bits and pieces of Laura will beckon and beguile Nabokov fans, who will find many of the author's perennial themes and obsessions percolating through the story of Philip. . . . In these pages readers will find bright flashes of Nabokovian wordplay and surreal, Magritte-like descriptions." - The New York Times "Undeniably handsome. . . . Nabokov's ornate vocabulary is predictably fun, especially when applied to body parts." - The Guardian (London) "The more I reread it, the more I discover and admire. . . . His style may be most extraordinary not so much as prose but as story. . . . For centuries, I predict, scholars of narrative will focus on the opening chapter of The Original of Laura as proof of the new finds to be made in fiction-in characterization, setting, action, speech, narration." Brian Boyd, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisWhen Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions for his heirs to burn the 138 handwritten index cards that made up the rough draft of his final and unfinished novel, The Original of Laura . But Nabokov's wife, Vera, could not bear to destroy her husband's last work, and when she died, the fate of the manuscript fell to her son. Dmitri Nabokov, now seventy-five--the Russian novelist's only surviving heir, and translator of many of his books--has wrestled for three decades with the decision of whether to honor his father's wish or preserve for posterity the last piece of writing of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. His decision finally to allow publication of the fragmented narrative--dark yet playful, preoccupied with mortality--affords us one last experience of Nabokov's magnificent creativity, the quintessence of his unparalleled body of work. Photos of the handwritten index cards accompany the text. They are perforated and can be removed and rearranged, as the author likely did when he was writing the novel.
LC Classification NumberPS3527.A15O75 2009
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Though intoxicating with promise, reflected in a few scattered pages by his most lucid thought, the meandering and incompleteness of story, of a theme and resolution, naturally intrinsic to a manuscript just begun, leaves as a great love only just started, more than anything, a forlorn regret. Only for the dedicated or for completists I would say.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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