"The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays
"The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays
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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.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780156569453 |
| ISBN 10 | 0156569450 |
| Title | "The Man from the USSR" and Other Plays |
| Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| 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. |
| Note | Unavailable |