The Magician's Doubts
Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction
As a child in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov enjoyed conjuring: I loved doing simple tricks--turning water into wine, that kind of thing. In this engrossing book Michael Wood explores the blend of arrogance and mischief that makes Nabokov such a fascinating and elusive master of fiction. Wood argues that Nabokov is neither the aesthete he liked to pretend to be nor the heavy-handed moralist recent critics make him. Major works like Pnin, Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada appear in a new light, but there are also chapters on earlier works, like the Real Life of Sebastian Knight; on selected short stories; and on the translation of Eugene Onegin, as well as…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-04830-7
- EAN: 9780691048307
- Produktnummer: 1526212
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 262 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.5 cm 428 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 428
Über den Autor
Michael Wood is Charles Barnwell Straut Professor of English at Princeton University. His previous works include Stendhal and America in the Movies.
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