Glory: A Novel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
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A luminous work of literary fiction, Glory chronicles the restless coming-of-age of Martin Edelweiss, a young Russian émigré adrift in the expatriate circles of Cambridge and Paris during the 1920s. Nabokov traces Martin's romantic longing, his obsessive love for the unattainable Sonia, and his quixotic fixation on a daring, purposeless act of heroism that gives his wandering life a sense of mythic meaning. Written with the author's signature blend of lyrical precision and ironic detachment, the novel transforms the familiar themes of exile and youthful idealism into something shimmering and strange. Originally composed in Russian under the title Podvig, it stands as one of Nabokov's most autobiographically resonant early works, suffused with a bittersweet nostalgia for a lost homeland and a lost self. Elegant, melancholic, and quietly dazzling, Glory illustrates Nabokov's unparalleled gift for rendering the inner life of a dreamer with both tenderness and cool, unsentimental clarity.
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A luminous work of literary fiction, Glory chronicles the restless coming-of-age of Martin Edelweiss, a young Russian émigré adrift in the expatriate circles of Cambridge and Paris during the 1920s. Nabokov traces Martin's romantic longing, his obsessive love for the unattainable Sonia, and his quixotic fixation on a daring, purposeless act of heroism that gives his wandering life a sense of mythic meaning. Written with the author's signature blend of lyrical precision and ironic detachment, the novel transforms the familiar themes of exile and youthful idealism into something shimmering and strange. Originally composed in Russian under the title Podvig, it stands as one of Nabokov's most autobiographically resonant early works, suffused with a bittersweet nostalgia for a lost homeland and a lost self. Elegant, melancholic, and quietly dazzling, Glory illustrates Nabokov's unparalleled gift for rendering the inner life of a dreamer with both tenderness and cool, unsentimental clarity.