Man from the USSR & Other Plays: And Other Plays - Softcover

Nabokov, Vladimir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156569450 ISBN 13: 9780156569453

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics, 1985

Synopsis

These four plays and the two essays on drama that accompany them were written in Russian during Nabokov's emigre years in Germany and France, before his published work in English earned him his reputation as a supreme magician of language. As his son, Dmitri, reveals in the introduction, many of the Nabokovian themes that were to dazzle future generations of readers made their first appearance in these works. The title play, a five-act drama portraying the illusory hopes of the emigre community: The Event, a "dramatic comedy" set in a pre-Revolutionary Russian town: two one-act plays cast in blank verse (The Grand-dad and The Pole): and Nabokov's two essays on drama comprise an enlightening presentation of the early work of a literary genius.

About this title

About the Author:

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and essayist was awarded the National Medal for Literature for his life's work in 1973. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. He is the author of many works including Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and Speak, Memory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0156569450
• ISBN 13: 9780156569453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352