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The Original of Laura

The Original of Laura

Vladimir Nabokov

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Age (years) : 18 - 99

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.

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Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group

Format : Hardcover

Language : English

Content : Fiction

Style : Non-Illustrated

ISBN : 9780307271891

Size : Medium

SKU : BY9-2013

Genre : Russian Literature

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