| Look at the Harlequins! Contributor(s): Nabokov, Vladimir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679727280 ISBN-13: 9780679727286 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1990 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Focusing on the central figures of his life--his four wives, his books, and his muse, Dementia--the book leads us to suspect that the fictions Vadim has created as an author have crossed the line between his life's work and his life itself, as the worlds of reality and literary invention grow increasingly indistinguishable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 89040553 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.19" W x 8.03" (0.44 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A dying man cautiously unravels the mysteries of memory and creation. Vadim is a Russian migr who, like Nabokov, is a novelist, poet and critic. There are threads linking the fictional hero with his creator as he reconstructs the images of his past from young love to his serious illness. |