Vladimir Nabokov | The Original of Laura
Copyright: © 2009 by Dmitri Nabokov
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 manuscript fell to her son. Dmitri Nabokov's 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.
"In these pages readers will find bright flashes of Nabokovian word-play and surreal, Magritte-like descriptions." - The New York Times- Language: English
- Dimensions: 19,7 х 13 cm
- Pages: 278
- Cover: softcover
- Year: 2009








