Book description
The Original of Laura is Vladimir Nabokov's final,
incredible unfinished novel in fragments. Dr Philip Wild, a man of
brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is used to suffering
humiliations at the hands of his wife, the younger, slender, and
rudely promiscuous Flora. But in a novel, a 'maddening masterpiece'
documenting her infidelities, written by one of her lovers and given
to the doctor, she appears as My Laura. Dishonoured, Wild still
finds pleasure in life, by indulging in self-annihilation, beginning
with the removal of his toes.
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was born in St Petersburg. He wrote his
first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence
as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English,
most famously Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published
novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian
language and established himself as one of the most outstanding
Russian migr writers.
Dmitri Nabokov was Vladimir Nabokov's son.
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was born in St Petersburg. He wrote
his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international
prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in
English, most famously Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he
published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the
Russian language and established himself as one of the most
outstanding Russian migr writers.
Dmitri Nabokov was Vladimir Nabokov's son.
