Pnin
by NABOKOV, Vladimir
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. 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.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 505208
- Title
- Pnin
- Author
- NABOKOV, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- AdvanceCopy, RussianLiterature, AmerLit20thCent
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
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