Bend Sinister (The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection) - Hardcover

Nabokov, Vladimir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0141197005 ISBN 13: 9780141197005

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2012

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Críticas:

He did us all an honour by electing to use, and transform, our language (Anthony Burgess)

Nabokov can move you to laughter in the way that masters can - to laughter that is near to tears (Guardian)

Reseña del editor:

Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 22 Vladimir Nabokov books, publishing over the coming year, with an elegant new jacket and text design.

The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. His antagonist, the leader of the new party, is his old school enemy, Paduk - known as the 'Toad'. Grieving over his wife's recent death, Krug is at first dismissive of Paduk's activities and sees no threat in them. But the sinister machine which Paduk has set in motion may prove stronger than the individual, stronger even than the grotesque 'Toad' himself.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141197005
• ISBN 13: 9780141197005
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304