The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
$31.71
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2017
Summary
Nabokov’s first novel written in English.
Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman (‘his slapdash and very misleading book’), the narrator, V, sets out to record Sebastian Knight’s life as he understands it. But buried amid the extensive quoting, digressions, seeming explanations and digs, Sebastian’s erratic and troubled persona remains as elusive as ever.
Nabokov’s first novel written in English, <…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141185996 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141185996 |
| Author: | Vladimir Nabokov, John Lanchester |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 149g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov (Author)
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 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics.
John Lanchester (Afterword by)
John Lanchester is a journalist, novelist and winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and the New Yorker, with a monthly column in Esquire. John was raised in South-East Asia and now lives in London.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.