BendSinister

作者 Vladimir Nabokov著
出版社 PenguinBooks
出版时间 2012年3月
ISBN 9780141197005
定价 237.30

内容简介

Partofthefabulousnewhardbacklibraryof22VladimirNabokovbooks,publishingoverthecomingyear,withanelegantnewjacketandtextdesign.Thestatehasbeenrecentlytakenoverandisbeingrunbythetyrannicalandphilistine'AverageMan'party.Undertheslogansofequalityandhappinessforall,ithasdoneawaywithindividualismandfreedomofthought.OnlyJohnKrug,abrilliantphilosopher,standsuptotheregime.Hisantagonist,theleaderofthenewparty,ishisoldschoolenemy,Paduk-knownasthe'Toad'.Grievingoverhiswife'srecentdeath,KrugisatfirstdismissiveofPaduk'sactivitiesandseesnothreatinthem.ButthesinistermachinewhichPadukhassetinmotionmayprovestrongerthantheindividual,strongereventhanthegrotesque'Toad'himself.

作者简介

VladimirNabokov(1899-1977)wasoneofthegreatwritersofthetwentiethcentury,aswellasatranslatorandlepidopterist.Hisworksinclude,fromtheRussiannovels,TheLuzhinDefenseandTheGift;fromtheEnglishnovels,Lolita,Pnin,PaleFireandAda;theautobiographicalSpeak,Memory;translationsofAliceinWonderlandintoRussianandEugeneOneginintoEnglish;andlecturesonliterature.AllofthefictionandSpeak,MemoryarepublishedinPenguin.

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