The Original of Laura

by Vladimir Nabokov

Book Overview

"Nabokov's last metafictive parable. . . . One of the most interesting short stories Nabokov never wrote." --San Francisco Chronicle

When Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions for his heirs to burn the 138 hand-written index cards that made up the rough draft of his final and unfinished novel, The Original of Laura. But Nabokov's wife, Vera, could not bear to destroy her husband's last work, and when she died,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030747285X
• ISBN13: 9780307472854
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"