Description

Book Synopsis
Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist.  It tells a love story troubled by incest.  

It is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue.  Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat.

This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously  sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom.

Ada or Ardor A Family Chronicle Vintage

Product form

£17.00

Includes FREE delivery

RRP £20.00 – you save £3.00 (15%)

Order before 4pm today for delivery by Thu 18 Dec 2025.

A Paperback / softback by Vladimir Nabokov

2 in stock


    View other formats and editions of Ada or Ardor A Family Chronicle Vintage by Vladimir Nabokov

    Publisher: Random House USA Inc
    Publication Date: 19/02/1990
    ISBN13: 9780679725220, 978-0679725220
    ISBN10: 0679725229
    Also in:
    Books by Vladimir Nabokov

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist.  It tells a love story troubled by incest.  

    It is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue.  Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat.

    This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously  sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom.

    Recently viewed products

    © 2025 Book Curl

      • American Express
      • Apple Pay
      • Diners Club
      • Discover
      • Google Pay
      • Maestro
      • Mastercard
      • PayPal
      • Shop Pay
      • Union Pay
      • Visa

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account