The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov
Considered by many to be the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century. * An interweaving of the effects of life and memory, tradition and heritage, upon art, the book tells of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev, an impoverished poet seeking fame in the phantasmic world of Berlin in the 1920s."A fascinating lesson in the truly staggering number of possible ways of writing and seeing." -Kirkus Reviews
The Gift is the story of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War. This gorgeous tapestry of literature follows the pursuits of an impoverished émigré poet living in Berlin, who dreams of the book he will someday write.
The Gift is the last of the novels Nabokov wrote in his native Russian and the crowning achievement of the initial period of his literary career. It is also his ode to Russian literature, evoking the works of Pushkin, Gogol, and others.
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The Stranger
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Never Let Me Go
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The Road
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Beloved
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The Bluest Eye
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In Cold Blood
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Lolita
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The Year of Magical Thinking
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The Remains of the Day
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All the Pretty Horses
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Blood Meridian
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Song of Solomon
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The Fire Next Time
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Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
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No Country for Old Men
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Sula
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As I Lay Dying
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Norwegian Wood
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Kafka on the Shore
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Giovanni's Room
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Independent People
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Perfume
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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No Exit and Three Other Plays
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The Plague
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A Fine Balance
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The Sound and the Fury
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The Woman Warrior
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1Q84
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Ulysses
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White Teeth
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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The English Patient
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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The Crossing
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Possession
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The Master and Margarita
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If Beale Street Could Talk
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The Fall
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Written on the Body
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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Jazz
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Absalom, Absalom!
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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The Buried Giant
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The Plot Against America
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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American Pastoral
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679727255 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679727256 |
| Title | The Gift |
| Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1991-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |