"The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays by Vladimir Nabokov

"The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays by Vladimir Nabokov

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"The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays by Vladimir Nabokov

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.
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ISBN 13 9780156569453
ISBN 10 0156569450
Title "The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays
Author Vladimir Nabokov
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Mariner Books Classics
Year published 1985-12-31
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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