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OverviewThough we know Vladimir Nabokov as a brilliant novelist, his first love was poetry. This landmark collection brings together the best of his verse, including many pieces that have never before appeared in English. These poems span the whole of Nabokov's career, from the newly discovered Music, written in 1914, to the short, playful To Vera, composed in 1974. Many are newly translated by Dmitri Nabokov, including The University Poem, a sparkling novella in verse (modeled on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin) that constitutes a significant new addition to Nabokov's oeuvre. Included too are such poems as Lilith, an early work which broaches the taboo theme revisited nearly forty years later in Lolita, and An Evening of Russian Poetry, a masterpiece in which Nabokov movingly mourns his lost language in the guise of a versified lecture on Russian delivered to college girls. The subjects range from the Russian Revolution to the American refrigerator, taking in on the way motel rooms, butterflies, ice-skating, love, desire, exile, loneliness, language, and poetry itself; and the poet whirls swiftly between the brilliantly painted facets of his genius, wearing masks that are by turns tender, demonic, sincere, self-parodying, shamanic, visionary, and ingeniously domestic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov , Christopher Lane , Thomas KarshanPublisher: Brilliance Audio Imprint: Brilliance Audio Edition: Unabridged Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.50cm Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9781441873590ISBN 10: 1441873597 Publication Date: 08 May 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationVladimir Nabokov studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin. In 1940, he left France for the United States, where he wrote some of his greatest worksb -- Bend Sinister (1947), Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957), and Pale Fire (1962) -- and translated his earlier Russian novels into English. He taught at Wellesley, Harvard, and Cornell. He died in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |