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That Other World: Nabokov and the Puzzle of Exile

Author: Azar Nafisi. Lotfali Khonji trans.

That Other World: Nabokov and the Puzzle of Exile

Author: Azar Nafisi. Lotfali Khonji trans.

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Item #: D40389
Format: Hardback
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 2019
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300158830
Prior to leaving Iran and publishing her international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi had already given considerable thought to the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov. Reflecting on such novels as Pale Fire, Bend Sinister, and of course Lolita, Nafisi deftly explores the worlds apparently lost to Nabokov's characters, and how these dazzling novels... More
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Prior to leaving Iran and publishing her international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi had already given considerable thought to the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov. Reflecting on such novels as Pale Fire, Bend Sinister, and of course Lolita, Nafisi deftly explores the worlds apparently lost to Nabokov's characters, and how these dazzling novels hold a mirror to Nabokov's experiences of physical, linguistic, and nostalgic exile.

"A sweeping overview of Nabokov's major works…. Graceful [and] discerning."—Kirkus Reviews


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