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A special, collector's edition of the classic novel produced in partnership with The New York Public Library features etchings from a rare, turn-of-the-century French edition and excerpts from Vladimir Nabokov's famous Cornell lecture on the book.
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"Possibly the most beautifully written book ever composed [and] the most important novel of the century."--Frank O'Connor
"Perhaps we identify with Emma because we too feel an emptiness at the center of things--an emptiness we try to fill with books, with fantasies, with sex, with "things." Her yearning is nothing more or less than the human condition in the modern world. Her search for ecstasy is ours."--Erica Jong
Possibly the most beautifully written book ever composed [and] the most important novel of the century. Frank O Connor
Perhaps we identify with Emma because we too feel an emptiness at the center of things an emptiness we try to fill with books, with fantasies, with sex, with "things." Her yearning is nothing more or less than the human condition in the modern world. Her search for ecstasy is ours. Erica Jong"
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- PublisherAnchor Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0385487193
- ISBN 13 9780385487191
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages356
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