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Ursprünglich als «Der Zauberer» erschienen und erst in den Achtzigern in Nabokovs Nachlass wiederentdeckt, wurde der Text noch mal vom Nabokov Experten Dieter E. Zimmer durchgesehen und der Titel zu «Der Bezauberer» geändert. Der Protagonist der Erzählung ist, wie in «Lolita», ein Mann in den Vierzigern mit pädophilen Neigungen. In einem Park beobachtet er ein präpubertäres Mädchen auf Rollschuhen und fühlt sich zu ihm hingezogen. Kurze Zeit s...

A collection of verse from one of the 20th century's supreme writers, including some poems that have never appeared in English before, translated by the late Dmitri Nabokov, Vladimir's son.

Vladimir Nabokov wird am 22. April 1899 in St. Petersburg geboren. Nach der Oktoberrevolution flieht die Familie 1919 nach Westeuropa. 1919 -1922 in Cambridge Studium der russischen und französischen Literatur. 1922 - 1937 in Berlin, erste Veröffentlichungen unter dem Pseudonym W. Sirin. 1937-1940 nach der Flucht aus Nazideutschland in Südfrankreich und Paris, seit 1940 in den USA. 1961-1977 wohnte Nabokov im Palace Hotel in Montreux. Er starb...

Vladimir Nabokov wird am 22. April 1899 in St. Petersburg geboren. Nach der Oktoberrevolution flieht die Familie 1919 nach Westeuropa. 1919 -1922 in Cambridge Studium der russischen und französischen Literatur. 1922 -1937 in Berlin, erste Veröffentlichungen unter dem Pseudonym W. Sirin. 1937-1940 nachder Flucht aus Nazideutschland in Südfrankreich und Paris, seit 1940 in den USA. 1961-1977 wohnte Nabokov im Palace Hotel in Montreux. Er starb a...

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, sto...

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, sto...

Takes us into the prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come.

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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, sto...

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, sto...

When Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions for his heirs to burn the 138 handwritten index cards that made up the rough draft of his final and unfinished novel, "The Original of Laura." But the manuscript was never destroyed and three decades later, the novelist's son, Dmitri, agreed to allow publication of the narrative.

Over four hundred letters chronicle the author's career, recording his struggles in the publishing world, the battles over "Lolita, " and his relationship with his wife.

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, sto...

At last: Vladimir Nabokov's final and unfinished novel, in print-thirty years after his death, years in which the fate of THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA was in constant and closely watched question. In its fragmented narrative-dark yet playful, preoccupied with mortality-we are given one last experience of a writer's unparalleled creativity, a glimpse of his last days, and a body of work finding its apotheosis.