Nabokov, V: Pale Fire
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 mar 1992
A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781857150674
ISBN-10: 1857150678
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 134 x 214 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1857150678
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 134 x 214 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Vladimir Nabokov (Author)
One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977) was born in St Petersburg, but left Russia when the Bolsheviks seized power. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
His first novel in English was The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, published in 1941. His other books include Ada or Ardor (1969), Laughter in the Dark (1933), Pale Fire (1962), the short story collection Details of a Sunset (1976) and Lolita (1955), his best-known novel.
One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977) was born in St Petersburg, but left Russia when the Bolsheviks seized power. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
His first novel in English was The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, published in 1941. His other books include Ada or Ardor (1969), Laughter in the Dark (1933), Pale Fire (1962), the short story collection Details of a Sunset (1976) and Lolita (1955), his best-known novel.
Recenzii
This
centaur
work,
half-poem,
half-prose
.
.
.
is
a
creation
of
perfect
beauty,
symmetry,
strangeness,
originality
and
moral
truth.
Pretending
to
be
a
curio,
it
cannot
disguise
the
fact
that
it
is
one
of
the
great
works
of
art
of
this
century