The Original of Laura: (Dying Is Fun) A Novel in Fragments
The final masterwork that was nearly destroyed, from one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century
Dr Philip Wild, a man of brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is used to suffering humiliations at the hands of his wife, the younger, slender, and rudely promiscuous Flora. But in a novel, a 'maddening masterpiece' documenting her infidelities, written by one of her lovers and given to the doctor, she appears as My Laura. Dishonoured, Wild still finds pleasure in life, by indulging in self-annihilation, beginning with the removal of his toes.
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 130mm x 198mm, 264 g
Published: 2012, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
The final masterwork that was nearly destroyed, from one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century
Dr Philip Wild, a man of brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is used to suffering humiliations at the hands of his wife, the younger, slender, and rudely promiscuous Flora. But in a novel, a 'maddening masterpiece' documenting her infidelities, written by one of her lovers and given to the doctor, she appears as My Laura. Dishonoured, Wild still finds pleasure in life, by indulging in self-annihilation, beginning with the removal of his toes.
The Original of Laura: (Dying Is Fun) A Novel in Fragments