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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

Nabokov, Vladimir

Paperback

Series: Vintage International

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 0679727264
ISBN13: 9780679727262
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Feb 4 1992
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.27 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing climax -- about the mysterious life of a famous writer.

Many people knew things about Sebastian Knight as a distinguished novelist, but probably fewer than a dozen knew of the two love affairs that so profoundly influenced his career, the second one in such a disastrous way. After Knight's death, his half brother sets out to penetrate the enigma of his life, starting with a few scanty clues in the novelist's private papers. His search proves to be a story as intriguing as any of his subject's own novels, as baffling, and, in the end, as uniquely rewarding.

Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically. -John Updike

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