{"product_id":"nabokovs-otherworld-9780691602424","title":"Nabokovs Otherworld","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major reexamination of the novelist Vladimir Nabokov as \"literary gamesman,\" this book systematically shows that behind his ironic manipulation of narrative and his puzzle-like treatment of detail there lies an aesthetic rooted in his intuition of a transcendent realm and in his consequent redefinition of \"nature\" and \"artifice\" as synonyms. Begi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Note on Transliteration, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION: Nabokov's Metaphysics, Ethics, and Aesthetics, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE: Speak, Memory and Other Discursive Writings, pg. 23*CHAPTER TWO: The Defense, pg. 58*CHAPTER THREE: Invitation to a Beheading, pg. 84*CHAPTER FOUR: The Gift, pg. 108*CHAPTER FIVE: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, pg. 137*CHAPTER SIX: Lolita, pg. 160*CHAPTER SEVEN: Pale Fire, pg. 187*CONCLUSION: Nabokov and the Silver Age of Russian Culture, pg. 213*Notes, pg. 235*Works Cited, pg. 257*Index, pg. 267","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359115280727,"sku":"9780691602424","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691602424.jpg?v=1754123648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nabokovs-otherworld-9780691602424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}