Nabokov, Vladimir
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"John Shade is a homebody poet in New Wye, U.S.A. He writes a 999-line poem about his life, and what may lie beyond death. This novel (and seldom has the word seemed so woefully inadequate) consists of both that poem and an extensive commentary on it by the poet's crazy neighbor, Charles Kinbote According to this deranged annotator, he had urged Shade to write about his own homeland--the northern kingdom of Zembla. It soon becomes clear that this fabulous locale may well be a figment of Kinbote's colorfully cracked, prismatic imagination. Meanwhile, he manages to twist the poem into an account of Zembla's King Charles--whom he believes himself to be--and the monarch's eventual assassination by the revolutionary Jakob Gradus. In the course of this dizzying narrative, shots are indeed fired. But it's Shade who takes the hit, enabling Kinbote to steal the dead poet's manuscript and set about annotating it. Is that clear?"--Amazon.com.
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/23/1989
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.31w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780679723424
Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 02/04/2008 pg. 9
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/23/1989
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.31w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780679723424
Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 02/04/2008 pg. 9
About the Author
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born on April 23, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Nabokovs were known for their high culture and commitment to public service, and the elder Nabokov was an outspoken opponent of antisemitism and one of the leaders of the opposition party, the Kadets. In 1919, following the Bolshevik revolution, he took his family into exile. Four years later he was shot and killed at a political rally in Berlin while trying to shield the speaker from right-wing assassins.
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