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But nabokovs wife, vera, could not bear to destroy her husbands last work, and when she died, the fate of the manuscript fell to her son. It seems likely that, had nabokov finished it, the original of laura would indeed have been an important work, if not necessarily a masterpiece. The original of laura kindle edition by vladimir nabokov, dmitri nabokov. The original of laura ebook by vladimir nabokov rakuten kobo. This subject will recur once more in the next few days when penguin classics and knopf in the us publish a facsimile edition of the original of laura, vladimir nabokov s unfinished 18th novel, a. The original of laura kindle edition by vladimir nabokov, dmitri. Nov 15, 2009 the original of laura by vladimir nabokov.

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Claire armitstead discusses the original of laura with sarah crown and alexis kirschbaum, the editor. The original of laura by vladimir nabokov goodreads. She instead placed it in a swiss bank vault, where it remained the object of much speculation for three decades. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 331 pages and is available in paperback format. Dying is fun a novel in fragments responses people have not yet still left his or her article on the action, or. The original of laura quotes showing 14 of 4 you couldnt get more original than laura. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.

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