The Gift
The last novel that Vladimir Nabokov wrote in his native Russian. It tells the story of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev, an impoverished emigre poet living in Berlin, who dreams of the book he will someday write—a book very much like THE GIFT itself.
The last novel that Vladimir Nabokov wrote in his native Russian. It tells the story of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev, an impoverished emigre poet living in Berlin, who dreams of the book he will someday write—a book very much like THE GIFT itself.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307787774 (030778777X)
Publish date: February 16th 2011
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Germany
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I don't think I know enough about Russian literature to properly get this book, but it did have some great moments. One in particular that I'm often reminded of whenever people on either side of the religion/skepticism debate start saying that things are "obvious". A character is in the middle of an...
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