10 eur + 2 eur de portes (envelope almofadado + ctt)

Vladimir Nabokov - The original of Laura, Penguin Classics, London, 1ª edição UK, 2009, 299 páginas.
Hardcover

Livro impecável, como novo, sem assinatura de posse, notas ou sublinhados.

Tem apenas um pouco de perda de tinta na extremidade da sobre-capa (veja foto 1)

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The Original of Laura is an incomplete novel by Vladimir Nabokov, which he was writing at the time of his death in 1977. It was published by Nabokov's son Dmitri Nabokov in 2009, despite the author's request that the work be destroyed upon his death.

The book includes an introduction by Dmitri Nabokov about the writing of the book and his decision to publish it.

21 Páginas brancas - Introdução de Dmitri Nabokov
278 páginas cinzentas - The Original of Laura

According to his diaries, Nabokov first noted his work on the project on December 1, 1974, under the title Dying Is Fun. By the summer of 1976, he noted that the story was completed in his mind, but by then his health was failing rapidly.

When Nabokov died on July 2, 1977, he was still working on the novel, since retitled The Opposite of Laura and finally The Original of Laura.

The incomplete manuscript consists of Nabokov's own handwriting across 138 index cards, the equivalent of about 30 manuscript pages.

The use of index cards was normal for Nabokov, the basis of many of his works, such as Lolita and Pale Fire.