The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun) by Vladimir Nabokov First Edition Book

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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Pages
278
Publication Date
2009-11-17
Edition
First Edition
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2/ 13/6.35/2.50p/N
ISBN
9780307271891
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307271897
ISBN-13
9780307271891
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72344735

Product Key Features

Book Title
Original of Laura
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Literary
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
Vladímir Nabokov
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
43.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-026357
Preface by
Nabokov, Dmitri
Dewey Edition
22
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 - The Christian Science Monitor   "A beautifully printed objet d'art in its own right, the book of previously unpublished writings offers a thrilling insight into the great writer's creative process, 28 years after his death."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)
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Synopsis
When 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 Number
PS3527.A15O75 2009

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