NABOKOV: HIS LIFE IN ART : A Critical Narrative
by Andrew Field
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None as Issued
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1967. First Edition, First Printing . Soft Cover/Linen. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Near New w/trace soiling to upper text edge corner tips. Linen covered softcover(w/photo portrait of Nabokov by Horst Tappe)/VG; light shelfwear w/faint discoloration w/sticker removal shadow to upper back corner by spine. Subtitled "A critical narrative," this is an early, full-dress biography of the mercurial ironist, Russian-American novelist, poet, translator & entomologist Vladimir Nabokov [1899 - 1977). NOTE: This biography & analysis dates prior to the 1968 publication of "Ada". Russian enmigre Nabokov, master of 4 languages, authored "Lolita," the Pnin stories & "Speak, Memory". Here described as a magician, and his themes on memory & return examined. 397 pgs; A Brief Chronology preceeds 12 chapters followed by Concluding Remarks & Appendix.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200540
- Title
- NABOKOV: HIS LIFE IN ART : A Critical Narrative
- Author
- Andrew Field
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover/Linen
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Nabokov; Vladimir Nabokov; Russian Literature; American Literature; 'Lolita;' 'Ada;' 'Pale Fire;' Pnin; 'Speak, Memory'
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