Mit 'Gelächter im Dunkel' und 'Verzweiflung', den beiden Romanen dieses Bandes, geht Nabokovs erste russische Phase zu Ende. Sie entstanden, kurz bevor er erzählerisch ganz neu ansetzte: Gelächter im Dunkel 1931, Verzweiflung 1932. Beide spielen Ende der zwanziger Jahre in Berlin, aber nur der erste ganz unter Deutschen. Mit dem früheren Roman 'König Dame Bube' zusammen sind sie Nabokovs kinohafteste Werke, und beide wurden sie viel später tatsächlich verfilmt.
Mit 'Gelächter im Dunkel' und 'Verzweiflung', den beiden Romanen dieses Bandes, geht Nabokovs erste russische Phase zu Ende. Sie entstanden, kurz bev...
"Die Mutprobe" erinnert voller Melancholie an die russische Heimat Vladimir Nabokovs. Seine Hauptfigur Martin Edelwei ist ein wurzelloser Emigrant. Studium in Cambridge, langweilige Ferien in der Schweiz, eine Dreiecksgeschichte, in der er der unglckliche Dritte ist, Berlin und die in sich geschlossene Welt der russischen Emigranten - Stationen eines jungen Heimatlosen, den Nabokov auf der Suche nach einem Lebenssinn mit Sympathie und liebevoller Ironie durch ein gefhrdetes Europa zwischen den Kriegen treiben lt. "Ein Meisterwerk" (FAZ)
"Die Mutprobe" erinnert voller Melancholie an die russische Heimat Vladimir Nabokovs. Seine Hauptfigur Martin Edelwei ist ein wurzelloser Emigrant. St...
Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. In this ideal marriage of subject and critic, Nabokov analyses his endlessly inventive compatriot, focusing on the masterpieces Dead Souls, The Overcoat and The Government Inspector. Misunderstood by his contemporaries, mishandled by theatre directors and ending his life mistreated by doctors - with medicinal...
Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before ...
World-renowned author Vladimir Nabokov presents a brilliant translation of Alice in Wonderland that skillfully handles its puns, parodies, and language. Clear, witty, and wonderfully readable. Perfect for students. 12 illustrations.
World-renowned author Vladimir Nabokov presents a brilliant translation of Alice in Wonderland that skillfully handles its puns, parodies, and languag...
Two appendixes from Nabokov's famous edition of Eugene Onegin his study of versification in English and Russian poetry, and his "term paper" on Pushkin's Ethiopian ancestor.
Originally published in 1965.
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Two appendixes from Nabokov's famous edition of Eugene Onegin his study of versification in English and Russian poetry, and his "term paper"...
No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer is quite as beguiling as that of Vladimir Nabokov's to Vera Slonim. She shared his delight at the enchantment of life's trifles and literature's treasures, and he rated her as having the best and quickest sense of humor of any woman he had met. From their first encounter in 1923, Vladimir's letters to Vera chronicle a half-century-long love story, one that is playful, romantic, and memorable. At the same time, the letters reveal much about their author. We see the infectious fascination with which Vladimir observed everything--animals,...
No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer is quite as beguiling as that of Vladimir Nabokov's to Vera Slonim. She shared his delight at the e...
