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Item Details
Title:
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THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT
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By: |
Vladimir Nabokov |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£20.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0141196998 |
ISBN 13: |
9780141196992 |
Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2012 |
Series: |
The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman, the narrator, V, sets out to record Sebastian Knight's life as he understands it; but buried amid the quoting, digressions, seeming explanations and digs, Sebastian's erratic and troubled persona remains as elusive as ever. |
Synopsis: |
Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman ('his slapdash and very misleading book'), the narrator, V, sets out to record Sebastian Knight's life as he understands it; but buried amid the extensive quoting, digressions, seeming explanations and digs, Sebastian's erratic and troubled persona remains as elusive as ever. Nabokov's first novel written in English, "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is a nuanced, enigmatic portrayal of the conflict between the real and the unreal, and the futile quest for human truth. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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